Contemporary feminists utilize social media for activism, while backlashes come along. The gender-related discourses are often diminished when addressing public events regarding sexism and gender inequality on social media platforms. The dichotomized debate around the Tangshan beating incident in China epitomized how criminal interpretations of gender-related violence became a backlash against feminist expressions. By analyzing posts on Weibo using mixed methods, we describe the emerging discursive patterns around crime and gender, uncovering the inherent gender-blind sexism that refutes feminist discourses on the social platform. We also highlight the critical restrictions facing grassroots feminist activism in Chinese cyberspace and propose implications for the design and research related to digital feminist activism.
翻译:当代女权主义者利用社交媒体进行行动,但同时也面临反弹。在社交媒体平台处理涉及性别歧视和性别不平等的公共事件时,与性别相关的话语常被弱化。中国唐山打人事件中的二元化辩论,典型地体现了对性别相关暴力的犯罪解读如何成为对女权主义表达的反弹。通过采用混合方法分析微博帖子,我们描述了围绕犯罪与性别的新兴话语模式,揭示了社会平台上否定女权主义话语的固有性别盲视性别歧视。我们还强调了中文网络空间中草根女权主义行动面临的关键限制,并为与数字女权主义行动相关的设计及研究提出了启示。