Many women, including a number of high-profile British politicians, have been the targets of misogynistic abuse via social media. Democratic Audit recently featured an article by Laura Bates, arguing that this trend has negative effect on rates of female participation in public life. In this post we ask leading democracy and gender experts to respond, sharing their experiences and views on how misogyny undermines democracy
The article aims to contribute to the still relatively unexplored area of the relationship between g...
A recent conference panel explored the challenges and risks associated with being a female public in...
textThe advent and diffusion of many Internet technologies have inspired the possibility of a new, H...
In recent years, hate speech online has become one of the most frequent forms of human rights violat...
The gender balance in UK politics is one of the most unbalanced in Europe, as only 22 per cent of ca...
The rise of online feminist activism has been a catalyst for driving attention globally to issues co...
Online abuse communicated via social networking sites has increased considerably in recent years, wi...
Online abuse directed at female politicians has the potential to present barriers to the political r...
Abuse directed at visible and audible women demonstrates that cyberspace, once heralded as a new, de...
This article examines contemporary feminist ‘digilante’ responses to the increasing problem of misog...
Prior research highlights substantial beneficial effects of political user-generated content (UGC) i...
The Internet and digital technologies have delivered countless benefits to journalism. However, the...
This thesis explores feminist women's experiences of online gendered hate: abusive, threatening or u...
This study was undertaken to better understand the volume, degree and type of misogynistic language ...
This paper opens by analysing the complexity of misogyny, sexism, and toxic masculinity. It then exa...
The article aims to contribute to the still relatively unexplored area of the relationship between g...
A recent conference panel explored the challenges and risks associated with being a female public in...
textThe advent and diffusion of many Internet technologies have inspired the possibility of a new, H...
In recent years, hate speech online has become one of the most frequent forms of human rights violat...
The gender balance in UK politics is one of the most unbalanced in Europe, as only 22 per cent of ca...
The rise of online feminist activism has been a catalyst for driving attention globally to issues co...
Online abuse communicated via social networking sites has increased considerably in recent years, wi...
Online abuse directed at female politicians has the potential to present barriers to the political r...
Abuse directed at visible and audible women demonstrates that cyberspace, once heralded as a new, de...
This article examines contemporary feminist ‘digilante’ responses to the increasing problem of misog...
Prior research highlights substantial beneficial effects of political user-generated content (UGC) i...
The Internet and digital technologies have delivered countless benefits to journalism. However, the...
This thesis explores feminist women's experiences of online gendered hate: abusive, threatening or u...
This study was undertaken to better understand the volume, degree and type of misogynistic language ...
This paper opens by analysing the complexity of misogyny, sexism, and toxic masculinity. It then exa...
The article aims to contribute to the still relatively unexplored area of the relationship between g...
A recent conference panel explored the challenges and risks associated with being a female public in...
textThe advent and diffusion of many Internet technologies have inspired the possibility of a new, H...