Unravelling the Web of Equals

Megarry, Jessica

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60629-9_2

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“…The intersection of women, feminism, and technology is addressed in many social science disciplines, particularly media and communications political science, sociology, and philosophy [9,11,12]. In order to examine Arab women's relationship with technology, particularly social media, which theoretically deliberates and empowers women, the dominant feminist approaches must be outlined.…”

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The internet, particularly social media, is highly connected to the liberal feminist perspective and ambition. In this context, Megarry argues that "liberal feminism attempts to harness the liberal values of justice, equality, and fairness to fight for women's rights within the patriarchal state system" [9]. The liberal approach looks positively on the role played by technology, including social media, as a way to enhance women's lives.…”

Section: Liberal Feminism and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, radical feminism as a universal approach has been negatively affected because of social media. Even before the emergence of social media, the radical feminist approach rejected the argument that the developments in technology resulted in positive outcomes for women [29][30][31][32] because they believe that social institutions are dominated by men [33] and new technology, including social media, is developed in the interest of men [9]. Many studies emphasize this dark side of social media with relation to women.…”

Section: Radical Feminism and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social media provides women with a variety of platforms to express themselves [1-3] and show their talents, communicate, expand their social relationships, and break the shackles imposed by their societies. Theoretically, social media can play a significant role in developing women's freedom and decreasing social pressures on them [4]; nonetheless, women face high levels of violence on social media, particularly sexual harassment [5][6][7][8][9]. According to an Amnesty International report in 2018 [10], women are subjected to scorn, disrespect, and abuse on the internet, and they encounter a staggering amount of violent or aggressive behavior from their relatives and other individuals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Psychological Violence Against Arab Women in the Context of Social Media: Web-Based Questionnaire Study

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Omer²,

Abdulridha³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Social media provides women with varying platforms to express themselves, show their talents, communicate and expand their social relationships, and break the shackles imposed by their societies. Theoretically, social media can play a significant role in developing women’s freedom and decreasing social pressures; nonetheless, women continue to face violence during the social media era mainly in the form of psychological violence. Objective This study aims to conduct an empirical in-depth analysis of how the digital space, particularly social media, provides men with new opportunities to surveil, restrict, harass, and intimidate feminists in Arab countries. Methods This study includes an empirical survey to investigate what Arab women think are the causes and types of violence wielded against them and their perspectives on the impact of that violence. This study used a web-based questionnaire administered through Google Forms (n=1312) with responses from Arab women aged 15 years and above from all Arab countries. Results We found that most Arab women feared posting an actual photograph of themselves on their social media accounts and only approximately one-third (490/1312, 37.3%) did so. Most women indicated that they encountered sexual harassment regardless of their age. Furthermore, most women were not aware of the legal aspects of this crime and even those who were aware indicated that they would not press charges for several reasons, including bringing dishonor upon their families, the time-consuming nature of litigation, and fear of revenge. Conclusions This study shows that young and less educated women are more vulnerable to abuse from either social media users or being condemned by their families. This has several effects, including lower self-esteem and hesitancy in seeking a job, feelings of mistrust and fear, cynicism, anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders. These issues hold women back from using social media in positive ways and some consider leaving social media.

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Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Liberal Feminism and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%