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Debate on the Political Subject of Feminism: Stances and Experiences of Digital Aggression of Feminist Women

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No. 20 (2023): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.73467

Abstract

Nowadays, there is a specific dilemma within the debate around the political subject of feminism, arising from new ways of understanding sex and gender constructions, this is whether feminism should involve transgenderism or not. It leads to intra-feminist tension in digital social networks, occasionally involving aggression. This article addresses this problem and aims to analyze the digital aggression experienced by feminist women when expressing their position on which they consider should be the subject of feminism. Employing a qualitative methodological approach, the experiences of 48 women were gathered through a digital questionnaire and analyzed using Atlas.ti software. Among the results, digital aggression is identified at heart of the antagonism between two major feminist positions, which this article proposes to designate: «woman-centered» and «trans-inclusive». These findings contribute to the visibility of digital aggression within feminism, an arena that, despite its fight against gender discrimination paradoxically may be leading to argumentative silencing and to the absence of constructive dialogue among its participants.

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Feminisms, feminist debate, social networks, digital aggression, Grounded Theory

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María Fernanda López Olivares, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Maestra en Ciencias en Metodología de la Ciencia. Centro de Investigaciones Económicas, Administrativas y Sociales en el Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México. Lic. en Psicología. 

Norma Patricia Maldonado Reynoso, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Doctora en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (UNAM) Docente-Investigadora del Centro de Investigaciones Económicas, Administrativas y Sociales en el Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores Nivel I.

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López Olivares, M. F., & Maldonado Reynoso, N. P. (2023). Debate on the Political Subject of Feminism: Stances and Experiences of Digital Aggression of Feminist Women. Revista Punto Género, (20), pp. 241–274. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.73467 (Original work published January 2, 2024)
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