The difference a Gender Makes

Authors

  • Marceline Cook

Keywords:

Feminism, Social Media, Gender, Transgender, Online Experience, Internet Abuse

Abstract

Abstract
This article demonstrates the different ways men and women are treated online and the consequences of coming under social media attack. Through numerous examples and personal experience from the unique perspective of a transgender woman who has experienced the Internet as a man and a woman.

Résumé
Cet article démontre les différentes façons dont les hommes et les femmes sont traités en ligne et les conséquences des attaques subies dans les médias sociaux. Il le fait au travers de nombreux exemples et d’expériences personnelles, selon la perspective unique d’une femme transgenre qui a fait l’expérience de l’Internet en tant qu’homme et en tant que femme.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Author Biography

Marceline Cook

Marcy Cook is a writer of short stories, articles and comics. She’s also transgender advocate and diversity advisor. When not randomly slapping words together she’s asemi-professional cat wrangler with an insatiable lust for Lego, a sci-fi geek, comic book fan and avid reader. Her work has appeared in The Mary Sue, Panels, Fresh Romance and more. Follow her on Twitter: @marcyjcook

References

Carroll, Sean. 2012. “Scientists, Your Gender Bias Is Showing.” Discover, September 19. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/09/19/scientists-your-gender-bias-is-showing/#.WdfuChNSzfA.

Colley, Sherri Borden. 2017. “Threats Force Cancellation of Trans Cartoonist’s Halifax Book Launch.” CBC, May 19. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/transgender-cartoonist-sophie-labelle-hate-death-threats-book-launch-1.4123683.

Laville, Sandra. 2016. “Online Sbuse: ‘Existing Laws Too Fragmented and Don’t Serve Victims.’” The Guardian, March 4. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/04/online-abuse-existing-laws-too-fragmented-and-dont-serve-victims-says-police-chief.

Moss-Racusin, Corinne A., John F. Dovidio, Victoria L. Brescoll, Mark J. Graham, and Jo Handelsman. 2012. “Science Faculty’s Subtle Gender Biases Favor Male Students.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 109 (41): 16474–16479. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1211286109.

Vedantam, Shankar. 2006. “Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist.” Washington Post, July 13. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071201883.html.

Downloads

Additional Files

Published

2017-12-01

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (2017): Affecting Feminist Literary & Cultural Production & WHOOPS I AM A LADY ON THE INTERNET: Digital Feminist Counter-Publics

Section

38.2- “WHOOPS I AM A LADY ON THE INTERNET”: Digital Feminist Counter-Publics

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

2. Authors are aware that articles published in Atlantis are indexed and made available through various scholarly and professional search tools, including but not limited to Erudit.

3. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

4. Authors are permitted and encouraged to preprint their work, that is, post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process. This can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. Read more on preprints here.