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International Journal of CommunicationOnline hate is spreading rapidly across social networks and has become a growing concern in academic circles. Among various forms of hate speech, online misogyny specifically targets female users.
Irene Pérez-Tirado +2 more
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, 2013 If you’ve been anywhere near your Facebook newsfeed in the last few days, you’re probably familiar with the most recent images of Miley Cyrus at her less-than-graceful VMA performance.
Pierce, Jessie M.
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Last of the JEDI's: “Coloured” Women's Active Representation in Apartheid's Public Education Sector
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The South African apartheid regime racially organized society into race categories—one being “Coloured” to denote people of mixed‐race heritage. The term “Coloured,” even in contemporary South Africa, is a contentious categorization given the racist legacy of apartheid. This article documents the lives of “Coloured” women who struggled against
Karen Johnston
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Moving Bodies as Moving Targets: A Feminist Perspective on Sexual Violence in Transit
Open Philosophy, 2020 Acts of sexual violence in transit environments are everyday occurrences for women across the globe, and the fear of being on the receiving end of sexual violence severely impacts women’s mobility patterns.
Pedersen Louise
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We control it on our end, and now it\u27s up to you -- Exploitation, Empowerment, and Ethical Portrayals of the Pornography Industry [PDF]
, 2017 Documentaries about pornography are beginning to constitute an entirely new subgenre of film. Big Hollywood names like James Franco and Rashida Jones are jumping on the bandwagon, using their influence and resources to invest in a type of audiovisual ...
Davin, Julie E
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the perception of unmet psychological needs on the focal phenomenon of Black women's voluntary turnover in US organizations. It does so through a multifaceted analysis of the needs of Black women in the workplace and proposes actionable ways for employers to reduce turnover amongst their Black female employees.
Tyechia Veronica Paul +2 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsNowadays, despite centuries of striving for equality, women still face higher levels of discrimination compared to men in nearly every aspect of life. Recently, this systemic inequality has manifested in cyberspace through the proliferation of abusive ...
Lara Fontanella +4 more
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Historical Connections of Sexism on the Matatu
Politikon, 2015 This paper considers why the transportation sector, the matatu sector, in Nairobi is hostile towards women. It argues that the pressures of the sector have created an alienated environment for the workers which as a result projects misogyny.
Jasmine Vallve
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the positioning of elite Black African women in extractive labor spaces, arguing that their experiences are shaped by interrelated feminist concepts of care, time, experience, equality, and difference. Using an African feminist theoretical framework, the study recenters African epistemologies of work and embodiment to ...
Nerea Amisi Okong'o
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Feminismo/sThis article problematizes three sexist expressions that stand out for their recurrence as everyday resources used by men. They were obtained from field work carried out with female students in a workshop at the FFyL of the UNAM (Mexico).
Mauricio Zabalgoitia Herrera
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