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Negotiating Security and Advocacy: A Qualitative Interview Study with Women's Rights Advocates on Navigaating the Silent Security Dilemma

Blomgren Strinnvik, Saga LU (2024) SIMZ11 20241
Graduate School
Abstract
Prominent female figures engaging in the societal debate, such as journalists and activists, tend to be targeted for online hate speech and threats disproportionally. At the same time, people in Sweden depend on an online presence to function as individuals. Feminist security studies have yet to incorporate the gendered online dimensions of hate speech and threats. This paper examines how the feminist security studies theory of the silent security dilemma shapes the experiences of Swedish women’s rights advocates as they engage in activism online. It also explores how they navigate the challenges related to this. Through qualitative interviews, this paper finds that the silent security dilemma exists online. By adaptation of the silent... (More)
Prominent female figures engaging in the societal debate, such as journalists and activists, tend to be targeted for online hate speech and threats disproportionally. At the same time, people in Sweden depend on an online presence to function as individuals. Feminist security studies have yet to incorporate the gendered online dimensions of hate speech and threats. This paper examines how the feminist security studies theory of the silent security dilemma shapes the experiences of Swedish women’s rights advocates as they engage in activism online. It also explores how they navigate the challenges related to this. Through qualitative interviews, this paper finds that the silent security dilemma exists online. By adaptation of the silent security dilemma to account for technology-facilitated gender-based violence, this paper demonstrates how the current debate within feminist security studies needs to account for the ‘new’ violence that occurs online and through information and communication technology. (Less)
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author
Blomgren Strinnvik, Saga LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMZ11 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Feminist Security Studies, ICTs, TFGBV, activism, Sweden
language
English
id
9163785
date added to LUP
2024-06-26 12:37:17
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2024-06-26 12:37:17
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  abstract     = {{Prominent female figures engaging in the societal debate, such as journalists and activists, tend to be targeted for online hate speech and threats disproportionally. At the same time, people in Sweden depend on an online presence to function as individuals. Feminist security studies have yet to incorporate the gendered online dimensions of hate speech and threats. This paper examines how the feminist security studies theory of the silent security dilemma shapes the experiences of Swedish women’s rights advocates as they engage in activism online. It also explores how they navigate the challenges related to this. Through qualitative interviews, this paper finds that the silent security dilemma exists online. By adaptation of the silent security dilemma to account for technology-facilitated gender-based violence, this paper demonstrates how the current debate within feminist security studies needs to account for the ‘new’ violence that occurs online and through information and communication technology.}},
  author       = {{Blomgren Strinnvik, Saga}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Negotiating Security and Advocacy: A Qualitative Interview Study with Women's Rights Advocates on Navigaating the Silent Security Dilemma}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}