Online hate speech directed at women and migrant men

What is it about?

The article examines online discussions on gendered violence, and illuminates how gendered and racialised hierarchies are reproduced in them. The analysis sheds light on how this is done by drawing upon historically recurring meanings and evaluations while simultaneously tailoring these to contemporary circumstances. The discussions make specific references to the value of gender equality, which serves a dual function in them: re-inscribing moral value in white masculinity while morally excluding racialised masculinities and certain groups of women who are portrayed as doing gender and whiteness in the ‘wrong’ way. The article shows how these processes justify hate and violent exclusion of such women and migrant men while also silencing any dissenting voices attempting to resist hate speech against these groups.

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Why is it important?

The article examines online hate speech directed at women and migrant men with a focus on the topic of gendered violence. It extends previous studies on the topic by applying theoretical insights from sociology of value in order to grasp the moral evaluations at work in both of these common forms of hate speech.