OXFORD, UK — The internet is contributing to modern misogyny and reversing progress in society’s treatment of women, a new study claims. Linguist and researcher Deborah Cameron says that despite significant legal progress in women’s rights, women continue to face online abuse, including rape threats, and that it is difficult for them to take on public roles. He said it was hindering him. This suggests that prejudice, discrimination, and abuse are reflecting and adapting to modern conditions.
Cameron’s book, Language, Sexism, and Misogyny, delves into how sexism and misogyny manifest in advertising and media today. She covers trending topics such as Andrew Tate, Donald Trump, the emergence of the “trade wife” concept, and the “manosphere.”
“A resurgence of overt misogyny is being seen in both politics and popular culture. 21st century misogyny is politically backward, but its style and mode of expression belong to the present,” says Oxford’s Cameron. the professor said in a media release.
This study discusses the role of social media platforms like TikTok in promoting misogynistic ideas and leading to increased online threats and abuse against women. These threats may be influencing women to withdraw from important roles such as politics, where they often have less time to speak than men.
“Research consistently shows that most women who use the internet have experienced harassment online, just as they have experienced harassment offline, on the street, or on public transport.” Professor Cameron says. “For some women, for example women who are high profile in politics, political activism, the media, etc., it is a more serious problem. They are no longer excluded like they were 100 years ago, but they are raped and murdered, The reality and fear of being threatened has led many to exclude or exclude themselves.”
But Professor Cameron uses language as a tool for women to fight back, creating new terms, reclaiming derogatory slurs and advocating for changes to media coverage, dictionary definitions and the wording of job advertisements. I also admit that there are.
“Sexist and misogynistic language is everywhere, and it’s insidious. And at a time when we’re often told it doesn’t matter anymore, its forms can be subtle,” Cameron added. Ta. “To combat it, you have to be able to see it and understand how it works. That’s exactly what this book is about.”
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Southwest News Service writer Isabel Williams contributed to this report.
