@inbook{e8e9aca6834444d98c3a0f5825becc7d,
title = "'''I Want to Kill You in Front of Your Children{"} Is Not a Threat. It's an Expression of a Desire': Discourses of Online Abuse, Trolling and Violence on r/MensRights",
abstract = "This chapter adds to the growing body of literature on online misogyny and studies of Reddit by focusing on an online culture which perpetrates and encourages forms of {\textquoteleft}online othering{\textquoteright}, including misogyny and violence. It focuses on Men{\textquoteright}s Rights Activists{\textquoteright} (MRA) discussions of trolling and gendered violence, and their online othering of {\textquoteleft}outsiders{\textquoteright}. This includes the denigration and abuse aimed at feminists and social justice warriors (SJWs). Findings are presented which focus on: denial of women and feminists as victims of online violence; the victimization of men online; and constructions of online violence. These previously unexplored online discourses provide us with a valuable insight into the construction of notions of online acceptability and deviance vis-{\`a}-vis digital communication, the boundaries between online/offline violence and culture wars.",
keywords = "Feminism, Men's rights, Online othering, Reddit, Trolling, Victim",
author = "Karen Lumsden",
year = "2019",
month = may,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_4",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-12632-2",
series = "Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity",
publisher = "Palgrave ",
pages = "91--115",
editor = "K Lumsden and E Harmer",
booktitle = "Online Othering",
edition = "1",
note = "Symposium on Online Othering ; Conference date: 21-04-2017 Through 21-04-2017",
}
