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'''r/Feminism''' is a political [[subreddit]] discussing women's issues.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=En |first=Boka |last2=En |first2=Michael |last3=Griffiths |first3=David |date=2013-08-08 |title=Gay Stuff and Guy Stuff: The Construction of Sexual Identities in Sidebars on Reddit |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.31165/nk.2013.61.293 |journal=Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network |volume=6 |issue=1 |doi=10.31165/nk.2013.61.293 |issn=1755-9944}}</ref> {{As of|2020|June}} it has 179,000 members.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Nathan Matias |first=J. |last2=Simko |first2=Tyler |last3=Reddan |first3=Marianne |date=2020-06-25 |title=Study Results: Reducing the Silencing Role of Harassment in Online Feminism Discussions |url=https://citizensandtech.org/2020/06/reducing-harassment-impacts-in-feminism-online/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Citizens and Technology Lab |language=en-US}}</ref> The subreddit discusses issues that impact women and minorities, including workplace sexism and harassment, rape, abuse, [[pink tax]], [[cultural appropriation]], and representation. Users of r/feminism are similar to the users of r/menslib, a [[Men's liberation movement|men's liberation]] subreddit; and r/againstmensrights, a subreddit against [[r/MensRights]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Abeer |last2=Golab |first2=Lukasz |date=2020 |title=Reddit Mining to Understand Gendered Movements |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/data-systems-group/publications/reddit-mining-understand-gendered-movements |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=uwaterloo.ca}}</ref> The subreddit sends people wanting to talk about men's issues to r/masculinism, which has been criticised as an [[Essentialism|essentialist]] view on feminism.<ref name=":2" /> |
'''r/Feminism''' is a political [[subreddit]] discussing women's issues.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=En |first=Boka |last2=En |first2=Michael |last3=Griffiths |first3=David |date=2013-08-08 |title=Gay Stuff and Guy Stuff: The Construction of Sexual Identities in Sidebars on Reddit |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.31165/nk.2013.61.293 |journal=Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network |volume=6 |issue=1 |doi=10.31165/nk.2013.61.293 |issn=1755-9944}}</ref> {{As of|2020|June}} it has 179,000 members.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Nathan Matias |first=J. |last2=Simko |first2=Tyler |last3=Reddan |first3=Marianne |date=2020-06-25 |title=Study Results: Reducing the Silencing Role of Harassment in Online Feminism Discussions |url=https://citizensandtech.org/2020/06/reducing-harassment-impacts-in-feminism-online/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Citizens and Technology Lab |language=en-US}}</ref> The subreddit discusses issues that impact women and minorities, including workplace sexism and harassment, rape, abuse, [[pink tax]], [[cultural appropriation]], and representation. Users of r/feminism are similar to the users of r/menslib, a [[Men's liberation movement|men's liberation]] subreddit; and r/againstmensrights, a subreddit against [[r/MensRights]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Abeer |last2=Golab |first2=Lukasz |date=2020 |title=Reddit Mining to Understand Gendered Movements |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/data-systems-group/publications/reddit-mining-understand-gendered-movements |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=uwaterloo.ca}}</ref> The subreddit sends people wanting to talk about men's issues to r/masculinism, which has been criticised as an [[Essentialism|essentialist]] view on feminism.<ref name=":2" /> About 54% of posts on r/Feminism are predominantly negative.<ref name=":3" /> |
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== Research == |
== Research == |
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In a survey of non–feminists in the subreddit in 2018, non–feminists said that they wanted to disrupt the community. Feminists in the subreddit have noted a level of of anti–feminists in the comments. In the first quarter of 2020, about a thousand members were banned from the subreddit per month. Due to disruption, it can be difficult to differentiate good-faith and bad-faith, and feminists within the subreddit may feel uncomfortable voicing their opinions due to negative reactions by other feminists.<ref name=":1" /> |
In a survey of non–feminists in the subreddit in 2018, non–feminists said that they wanted to disrupt the community. Feminists in the subreddit have noted a level of of anti–feminists in the comments. In the first quarter of 2020, about a thousand members were banned from the subreddit per month. Due to disruption, it can be difficult to differentiate good-faith and bad-faith, and feminists within the subreddit may feel uncomfortable voicing their opinions due to negative reactions by other feminists.<ref name=":1" /> |
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A study of news reports of the [[People v. Turner]] on Reddit, comparing r/News, r/Feminism, and r/MensRights found that r/Feminism was the only subreddit to call Turner an "offender". r/Feminism was the only subreddit that linked to external webpages using the words "crime" or "rapist", indicating that r/feminism had a much stronger view on Turner than the other subreddits. 30% of the posts in r/feminism would reword news articles about the case, and 62.5% in r/MensRights. When comparing r/Feminism and r/MensRights, the feminist subreddit was likely to link to progressive websites, and r/MensRights were likely to link to conservative websites, meaning that both of the subreddits preferred sources which agreed with their beliefs.<ref>Brattland, K. (2017). Information Preferences of Reddit Communities Surrounding the Brock Turner Case. ''Progressive Librarian'', ''46''(46), 86.</ref> |
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Users on r/Feminism have an average of 5 posts, and 0.86% of members have made over 100 posts. A 2023 study in the [[Discourse & Society]] journal looking at 496 thousand posts on r/Feminism found that 54.31% of posts on r/Feminism are predominantly negative. This is 2 percentage points less than the 56.72% on [[r/GenderCritical]], a subreddit banned for hate speech.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dilkes |first=Jane |date=2023-08-14 |title=Rule 1: Remember the human. A socio-cognitive discourse study of a Reddit forum banned for promoting hate based on identity |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09579265231190344 |journal=Discourse & Society |doi=10.1177/09579265231190344 |issn=0957-9265}}</ref> |
Users on r/Feminism have an average of 5 posts, and 0.86% of members have made over 100 posts. A 2023 study in the [[Discourse & Society]] journal looking at 496 thousand posts on r/Feminism found that 54.31% of posts on r/Feminism are predominantly negative. This is 2 percentage points less than the 56.72% on [[r/GenderCritical]], a subreddit banned for hate speech.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Dilkes |first=Jane |date=2023-08-14 |title=Rule 1: Remember the human. A socio-cognitive discourse study of a Reddit forum banned for promoting hate based on identity |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09579265231190344 |journal=Discourse & Society |doi=10.1177/09579265231190344 |issn=0957-9265}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 03:53, 20 September 2023
r/Feminism is a political subreddit discussing women's issues.[1][2] As of June 2020[update] it has 179,000 members.[3] The subreddit discusses issues that impact women and minorities, including workplace sexism and harassment, rape, abuse, pink tax, cultural appropriation, and representation. Users of r/feminism are similar to the users of r/menslib, a men's liberation subreddit; and r/againstmensrights, a subreddit against r/MensRights.[1] The subreddit sends people wanting to talk about men's issues to r/masculinism, which has been criticised as an essentialist view on feminism.[2] About 54% of posts on r/Feminism are predominantly negative.[4]
Research
In a survey of non–feminists in the subreddit in 2018, non–feminists said that they wanted to disrupt the community. Feminists in the subreddit have noted a level of of anti–feminists in the comments. In the first quarter of 2020, about a thousand members were banned from the subreddit per month. Due to disruption, it can be difficult to differentiate good-faith and bad-faith, and feminists within the subreddit may feel uncomfortable voicing their opinions due to negative reactions by other feminists.[3]
A study of news reports of the People v. Turner on Reddit, comparing r/News, r/Feminism, and r/MensRights found that r/Feminism was the only subreddit to call Turner an "offender". r/Feminism was the only subreddit that linked to external webpages using the words "crime" or "rapist", indicating that r/feminism had a much stronger view on Turner than the other subreddits. 30% of the posts in r/feminism would reword news articles about the case, and 62.5% in r/MensRights. When comparing r/Feminism and r/MensRights, the feminist subreddit was likely to link to progressive websites, and r/MensRights were likely to link to conservative websites, meaning that both of the subreddits preferred sources which agreed with their beliefs.[5]
Users on r/Feminism have an average of 5 posts, and 0.86% of members have made over 100 posts. A 2023 study in the Discourse & Society journal looking at 496 thousand posts on r/Feminism found that 54.31% of posts on r/Feminism are predominantly negative. This is 2 percentage points less than the 56.72% on r/GenderCritical, a subreddit banned for hate speech.[4]
References
- ^ a b Khan, Abeer; Golab, Lukasz (2020). "Reddit Mining to Understand Gendered Movements". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ a b En, Boka; En, Michael; Griffiths, David (2013-08-08). "Gay Stuff and Guy Stuff: The Construction of Sexual Identities in Sidebars on Reddit". Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network. 6 (1). doi:10.31165/nk.2013.61.293. ISSN 1755-9944.
- ^ a b Nathan Matias, J.; Simko, Tyler; Reddan, Marianne (2020-06-25). "Study Results: Reducing the Silencing Role of Harassment in Online Feminism Discussions". Citizens and Technology Lab. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ a b Dilkes, Jane (2023-08-14). "Rule 1: Remember the human. A socio-cognitive discourse study of a Reddit forum banned for promoting hate based on identity". Discourse & Society. doi:10.1177/09579265231190344. ISSN 0957-9265.
- ^ Brattland, K. (2017). Information Preferences of Reddit Communities Surrounding the Brock Turner Case. Progressive Librarian, 46(46), 86.