The purpose of this study is to examine women's experiences of safety and community within gender separatist Facebook groups. In order to examine this, a qualitative method is used where five semi-structured interviews are conducted with members from different gender separatist groups on Facebook. The analysis shows that members experience a feeling of safety and community when they share experiences with each other regarding online harassment from men and when they can find support in each other regarding their shared experiences of living in a patriarchy. Many members experience these separatist groups like a safe haven where they can ‘breathe’ and find a peaceful environment to explore their interests in. The safety and community in these gender separatist groups also comes with some challenges. These primarily concern inclusion and exclusion, where white women with a strong grasp of feminist terminology have an easier time being included than others. There are also challenges when it comes to creating a safe environment but still having open conversations. We find that members feel safer when certain limitations are put on what topics can be discussed and on how to conduct them. However, this also limits what can be expressed within these spaces.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-175211 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Öhrner, Amanda, Lindskog, Sam |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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