Fragile Masculinity: Men, Gender, and Online Harassment
Fragile Masculinity: Men, Gender, and Online Harassment
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脆弱的男子气概：男性、性别和网络骚扰
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10.1145/3313831.3376645
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2020
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Terri D. Conley
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Jennifer D. Rubin;Lindsay Blackwell;Terri D. Conley
在当代网络环境中，骚扰是一个持续存在的问题，女性经历的最严重的形式不成比例。尽管持批评态度的学者认为，在线性别骚扰可能与男性对履行规范的男性性别角色的焦虑有关，但这种关系尚未得到实证研究的检验。我们调查了264名年龄在18-24岁之间的年轻男性，调查了他们的男子气概、焦虑情绪以及他们对推特上针对女性的骚扰的看法。我们发现，那些认为自己没有一般男性那么有男子气概的男性对性骚扰的认可程度更高。此外，我们发现男性焦虑和骚扰认可之间的关系是通过男性对男性规范的坚持和有毒的去抑制来调节的。我们通过社交媒体的特定负担来解读这些结果，并讨论它们对技术设计师和其他从业者的影响，他们希望通过考虑性别的作用来更好地发现、预防和补救在线骚扰。
Harassment is a persistent problem in contemporary online environments, with women disproportionately experiencing its most severe forms. While critical scholars posit that online gender harassment may be linked to men's anxieties about fulfilling normative masculine gender roles, this relationship has not been examined by empirical research. We survey 264 young men between the ages of 18-24 about their masculinity anxieties and their perceptions of harassment directed at a woman on Twitter. We find that men who perceive themselves as less masculine than average men report higher endorsement of harassment. Further, we find that the relationship between masculinity anxieties and harassment endorsement is mediated by men's adherence to masculine norms and toxic disinhibition. We interpret these results through the lens of social media's specific affordances, and we discuss their implications for technology designers and other practitioners who wish to better detect, prevent, and remediate online harassment by accounting for the role of gender.