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Gendered Hate Speech in Swiss WhatsApp Messages

Binder, Larissa; Ueberwasser, Simone; Stark, Elisabeth (2020). Gendered Hate Speech in Swiss WhatsApp Messages. In: Giusti, Giuliana; Innàccaro, Gabriele. Language, Gender and Hate Speech: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Venedig: Edizioni Ca'Foscari, 59-74.

Abstract

This paper provides a first manual analysis of the use of 14 gender-specific swear words in Swiss WhatsApp messages in (Swiss) German, French and Italian. We will show that gender-specific swear words only concern non-participants of the discourse when used offensively, in our data. When such items are directly addressed to the interlocutor, they are rather used ironically or even hypocoristically. Furthermore, we will show that gendered hate speech in this context is not a matter of mutual discrimination by the two sexes, but that Swiss WhatsApp users also refer to people of their own sex using gender-specific swear words.

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Item Type:Book Section, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Romance Studies
06 Faculty of Arts > Zurich Center for Linguistics
Dewey Decimal Classification:450 Italian, Romanian & related languages
410 Linguistics
800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism
460 Spanish & Portuguese languages
470 Latin & Italic languages
440 French & related languages
Uncontrolled Keywords:Gendered Hate Speech. WhatsApp Communication. Gender Perception. Gender Representation. Gender Stereotypes. Gender-Specific Swear Words.
Language:English
Date:29 December 2020
Deposited On:08 Jul 2024 12:29
Last Modified:08 Jul 2024 12:33
Publisher:Edizioni Ca'Foscari
ISBN:978-88-6969-479-0
OA Status:Hybrid
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-478-3/003
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