Misogynistic Hate Speech and its Chilling Effect on Women's Free Expression during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign
This essay argues that the proliferation of misogynistic hate speech during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign had a dangerous chilling effect on womens free expression. The gendered slurs aimed at women candidates and journalists, both online and in-person, created a hostile political environment,...
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| description | This essay argues that the proliferation of misogynistic hate speech during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign had a dangerous chilling effect on womens free expression. The gendered slurs aimed at women candidates and journalists, both online and in-person, created a hostile political environment, which made it more difficult for women to fully participate in the process of Democratic self-governance. To address this issue, I recommend allocating state and federal tax dollars to counter speech efforts, and call for social media organizations, such as Facebook and Twitter, to reevaluate their hate speech and harassment policies. Keywords: Hate speech, 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, misogyny |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54169b3e837d4d2fb9a4be4e9dedd4642022-12-21T23:46:25ZengGonzaga Library PublishingJournal of Hate Studies2169-74422019-02-011419711110.33972/jhs.126126Misogynistic Hate Speech and its Chilling Effect on Women's Free Expression during the 2016 U.S. Presidential CampaignCaitlin R. Carlson0Seattle UniversityThis essay argues that the proliferation of misogynistic hate speech during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign had a dangerous chilling effect on womens free expression. The gendered slurs aimed at women candidates and journalists, both online and in-person, created a hostile political environment, which made it more difficult for women to fully participate in the process of Democratic self-governance. To address this issue, I recommend allocating state and federal tax dollars to counter speech efforts, and call for social media organizations, such as Facebook and Twitter, to reevaluate their hate speech and harassment policies. Keywords: Hate speech, 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, misogynyhttps://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/126hate speech2016 u.s. presidential campaignmisogyny |
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| title | Misogynistic Hate Speech and its Chilling Effect on Women's Free Expression during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign |
| title_full | Misogynistic Hate Speech and its Chilling Effect on Women's Free Expression during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign |
| title_fullStr | Misogynistic Hate Speech and its Chilling Effect on Women's Free Expression during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign |
| title_full_unstemmed | Misogynistic Hate Speech and its Chilling Effect on Women's Free Expression during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign |
| title_short | Misogynistic Hate Speech and its Chilling Effect on Women's Free Expression during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign |
| title_sort | misogynistic hate speech and its chilling effect on women s free expression during the 2016 u s presidential campaign |
| topic | hate speech 2016 u.s. presidential campaign misogyny |
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