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Unfree to speak and forced to hate? The phenomenon of the All-Poland Women's Strike
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Challenges and perspectives of hate speech research
Abstract This chapter explores abusive language’s role when employed by a group with a lower social status whose rights are threatened by political authorities. We focus on the language of protest that emerged during the 2020 All-Poland Women’s Strike, following a court ruling that almost totally banned lega... view more
This chapter explores abusive language’s role when employed by a group with a lower social status whose rights are threatened by political authorities. We focus on the language of protest that emerged during the 2020 All-Poland Women’s Strike, following a court ruling that almost totally banned legal abortions in Poland. Since some slogans used by these protesters could be interpreted as expressions of abusive language, we decided to analyze their meaning in a wider socio-political context. We show that women’s use of vulgarisms and offensive language can serve as a tool of social and political change and that it may lead to empowerment. Moreover, given the cultural underpinnings of Polish society’s gender-based social norms, we show that the use of abusive language may symbolize the process of redefining the traditional gender contract in Poland.... view less
Keywords
women's movement; strike; protest; language usage; hate; empowerment; group; Poland
Classification
Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
All-Poland Women's Strike; abusive language; hate speech
Collection Title
Challenges and perspectives of hate speech research
Editor
Strippel, Christian; Paasch-Colberg, Sünje; Emmer, Martin; Trebbe, Joachim
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
p. 55-71
Series
Digital Communication Research, 12
ISSN
2198-7610
ISBN
978-3-945681-12-1
Status
Primary Publication; peer reviewed