Tweeting the Gendered City: Analysis of Harassment, Reflections on Justice

Flores, Nina M.

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“…The proportion of Twitter users in Norway vis-à-vis other social media platform is lower, for example, 84% use Facebook (Werliin and Kokholm, 2016). However, unlike Facebook, where posts are often limited to viewing by those who are connected as friends, tweets are available to the public unless the account is set to private, and tweeting is based on the concept of users wanting their tweets to be read widely and shared by members of the public (Flores, 2017). Thus, Twitter functions as the social media channel for broadcasting ideas and collaborating to negotiate social, political and cultural understandings (Rosenbaum, 2017).…”

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Gendered COVID-19 discussions on Twitter: a Norwegian case

Arora,

Debesay,

Eslen-Ziya

2023

OIR

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PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has resurfaced challenges to gender equality and gender relations both worldwide and in Norway. There have been massive public discussions on social media platforms, highlighting the potential of analysing public discourses in a non-reactive manner (Rauchfleisch et al., 2021). Further, discourses from social media may affect cultural representations and broad discourses in society (Rambukkana, 2015), such as that related to gender. In this article, by studying the Norwegian Twitter users' discussion on gender as related to COVID-19 pandemic, the authors will examine the everyday gendered discourses.Design/methodology/approachData for this project were collected from the social media platform Twitter. The authors conducted the search on 16th November 2020, and that resulted in a total of 485 results, inclusive of both original tweets and replies. The data were analysed qualitatively using thematic analysis.FindingsThe thematic analysis of the tweets revealed three main categories which were mirrored in recognisable and widespread discourses about gender: (1) stereotypical gendered behaviours, (2) construction of masculinities and (3) othering. The authors argued that the stereotypes on gendered behaviour, traits and ideology together attribute to the maintenance of unequal gender structures.Originality/valueThis article explored discourses on gender on Twitter, the networked public sphere of Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that discourses both reflect and shape social configurations, they have the power to shape gender realities. With the transcendence of social media across geographic boundaries, the authors’ findings are relevant both for Norway and globally.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-08-2022-0482

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Gendered COVID-19 discussions on Twitter: a Norwegian case

Arora,

Debesay,

Eslen-Ziya

2023

OIR

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“…That said, strategies can also take on a collective character. For instance, international online activism allows people to share and process experiences of street harassment, spotlight self-defense practices (Fileborn, 2014;Fleetwood, 2019), encourage engagement in social movements defying sexism or other forms of oppression (Flores, 2017), and help survivors achieve a kind of justice by giving them the possibility to express themselves (Fileborn & Vera-Gray, 2017). The latter is instrumental in providing survivors with notions and self-confidence to cope with street harassment events, even in the role of active bystanders.…”

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Experiences of Street Harassment and the Active Engagement of Bystanders: Insights From a Swiss Sample of Respondents

Milani

Carbajal

2023

J Interpers Violence

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In this article, we analyze data from a survey conducted in the Swiss city of Fribourg to investigate the correlation between bystanders’ experiences of street harassment and their likelihood of active engagement and strategies used to stop the harasser or assist and support targets of street harassment. Results reveal that, among bystanders, lifetime experiences of street harassment correlate positively with their ability to recognize street harassment conduct and the likelihood of intervention, support of the survivors, and reporting emergencies, even more significantly when the bystander endured physical abuse. In addition, behavioral differences among bystanders reflect different forms of resistance to the sexist culture that fuels street harassment. In light of these findings, we emphasize the need to integrate the narratives of the bystanders into awareness programs and campaigns, the importance of designing tools and policies to improve feelings of safety and limit street harassment conducts, including forms of benevolent sexism, and support further studies to assess the effectiveness of different intervention strategies in support of victims, including the need to research the use of digital media and its impact as a deterrent to street harassment or in increasing police reporting.

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“…Third-wave feminists, who emerged in the 1990s, are more diverse in terms of class, race, and ethnicity, and focus on the state of women in terms of multiple oppressions. Third-wave feminists are considered to be more progressive than the first two waves and have critiqued second-wave feminists for their lack of diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, class, and focus (see Flores (2017) for debates as to whether this framework of waves is still useful).…”

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“…Reading about the challenges and obstructionist actions faced by women as they built safe spaces was a very visceral experience. I hope that Constructive Feminism: Women's Spaces and Women's Rights in the American City, along with the work by Andrews (2000), Flores (2017), Richie (2012), and Whitzman (2007) will be included in planning curricula to sensitize new practitioners to the errors of the past and possibilities of the future.…”

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Review: Constructive Feminism: Women’s Spaces and Women’s Rights in the American City

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2017

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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services chapter, an exercise provides level-of-service standards and guides students and practitioners through calculating the impact of a 375-unit housing development on public schools, libraries, parks, police, and fire operations. Some exercises indicate that use of GIS is preferred, although it is not required to complete the task. In sum, many exercises will appeal to instructors teaching introductory planning courses because they do not require students to draw on specialized prerequisite knowledge or software skills or purchases. For students and practitioners, the exercises readily suggest ways lessons are transferable to real-world issues. The book's broad scope and succinct delivery make it an ideal choice for an introductory course on comprehensive planning or planning methods, or as a reference for other classes. The book assists with core skill development and critical thinking about planning interventions, and professional values and ethics. An updated edition could include chapters on plan implementation and new approaches to planning documents, such as form-based codes. Fundamentals of Plan Making: Methods and Techniques is, at heart, a pragmatic book that offers the basics of planning in a succinct and appealing way that respects the time constraints and needs of its intended audience of new planning students and busy practitioners who would like to keep up with current developments.

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Tweeting the Gendered City: Analysis of Harassment, Reflections on Justice

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

Gendered COVID-19 discussions on Twitter: a Norwegian case

Gendered COVID-19 discussions on Twitter: a Norwegian case

Experiences of Street Harassment and the Active Engagement of Bystanders: Insights From a Swiss Sample of Respondents

Review: Constructive Feminism: Women’s Spaces and Women’s Rights in the American City

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