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In this blog I would like to talk about the one intersting topic Cultural studies. In that I talk about Cyberfeminism - AI and Gender Biases.
Cyberfeminism:-
Women's empowerment is a multi-dimensional social process consisting of components like: feeling of self-worth, their right to settle on choices, their right to have ingress to prospects and resources, their right to have the authority to manage and direct their individual lives (both indoors and outdoors), and their propensity to clout the direction of social conversion to fashiona more impartial and just social and economic order, not only nationally but also universally.
We were responsible for this cyberspace. That when boy or girl child born we decided that for the which the toy they will play. If boy will born than we give him the cars and some kind of engineering toys. If girl will born we give her Barbi girl and kitchens toys. Here we that our mentality are same like old time. We didn't accept that womens do the strong physical works Which is done by boys in past. Main thing is that technology growing day by day. Mens are using technology in very independent ally. There is nothing to scared for that. But still in contemporary time girls not openly used the technology because there are lots of risk in using technology. They can't upload there pictures on social media. Because of the cybercrime.
The term cyberfeminism was first used around 1991 by both the English cultural theoretician Sadie Plant and the Australian artist group VNS Matrix, independently from each other.
of “third-wave” feminism.
It's tended to include mostly younger, technologically savvy women, and those from Western, white, middle-class backgrounds.
Eg.although women had been involved in the creation and development of the computer, their contributions were largely marginalized, and their participation often ignored or written out of history.
Plant, an important early proponent, has argued
that women are naturally suited to using the Internet, because women and the Internet are similar in nature.
according to Plant, are non-linear, self-replicating systems concerned with making connections.
She has argued that although previous feminists have believed computers to essentially male, we should instead see computers and the Internet as places for women to engage in new forms of work and play—where women afraid from traditional constraints and are able to experiment with identity and gain new avenues for claiming
power and authority.
What is Cyberfeminism?:-
Cornelia Sollfrank who is the famous Cyberfeminist from the Old Boys Network states that:
"Cyberfeminism is a myth. A myth is a story of unidentifiable origin, or of different origins. A myth is based on one central story which is retold over and over in different variations. A myth denies one history as well as one truth, and implies a search for truth in the spaces, in the differences between the different stories. Speaking about Cyberfeminism as a myth, is not intended to mystify it, it simply indicates that Cyberfeminism only exists in plural."
According to feminist activist Faith Wilding,
“there is a tendency though among many Cyberfeminists to indulge techno-utopian expectations that the new e-media will offer women a fresh start to create new languages, programs, platforms, images, fluid identities and multi-subject definitions in cyberspace; that in fact women can recode, redesign, and reprogram information technology to help change the feminine condition.”
Who are Cyberfeminists?
Donna Haraway.
Faith Wilding
Cornelia Sollfrank
Linda Dement
Melinda Packham, and
Shu Lea Cheang,whose 1998 web project Brandon was the Guggenheim Museum’s first foray into collecting Internet-based art.
the fourth wave of feminism is still in its nascent stage in India, women are using digital tools to demand accountability from their governments, corporations and leaders. In India, digital feminist movements largely rely on social media platforms.
Females are afraid to use social media and make open their life on social media because of the cybercrimes.
There are few types of cybercrimes:-
1)Cyber Harassment
2)Cyber Stalking
3)Cyber Pornography
4)Cyber Defamation
5)Morphing
6)Email Spoofing
Let's see few examples:-
1)2017#LahuKaLagaan:-
In 2017, the #LahuKaLagaan hashtag took over on Twitter to campaign against the 12 percent tax on sanitary napkins, with the “period tax” being scrapped in 2018 as a result of the movement.
2)2012,Nirbhayamovement(#Delhibraveheart)
In 2012, in the aftermath of the death of a 23-year-old rape victim in Delhi, widespread protests broke out under the ‘Nirbhaya movement’. The protests spread to social media as well. Hashtags like #Delhibraveheart were used by millions in support of justice for the victim. This online rage coupled with the street protests garnered global attention and compelled an otherwise apathetic government to take quick action.Subsequently, India’s rape laws were amended to expand the definition of rape, the punishment for rape convicts was revised to a prolonged life term and even the death penalty, and stringent punishments were determined for offences like acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism.A special fund and fast-track courts were also made available for the safety and security of women, to be administered by the Indian government.
3)2017, this culminated in the #WhyLoiter
In the ethnographic work ‘Why Loiter,’ feminist sociologist Shilpa Padke showed that the act of “loitering” is more prevalent among men, while women are rarely alone in public spaces like parks and beaches.In 2017, this culminated in the #WhyLoiter hashtag trending on Twitter, with women posting pictures and stories of how they were reclaiming public spaces, creating the narrative of resisting male domination and patriarchy in the physical and virtual spaces.
4)2018, the #MeToo movement
the #MeToo movement gained momentum in India, enabling women to share their stories of sexual harassment on social media. It also led to activists successfully lobbying the government to strengthen the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, which previously had many weaknesses.
5)Another study of women’s movements on social media by Sujatha Subramanium, who interviewed a Dalit feminist activist, noted, “In Kerala, the voices of subaltern groups are very prominent on social media, especially sexual minorities and Dalit groups. On social media, all of us are publishers.
6)in 2013, acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal gathered 27,000 signatures through an online petition, ‘StopAcidSale’, to curb the sales of acid and took the issue to the Supreme Court. The campaign gained nationwide attention and allowed several other acid attack survivors to voice their support for the ban on acid sale.
So if we think in deep way that there are many risk for the womens on the digital platform. So that's why Women scared for the use social media in very freely like mens are using. Women's identity are decide when she born and that time it's all things are clear.
If I talk about my personal experience that I have some examples of my female friend who become part of the cybercrime. Than there is no option for women.
Conclusion:-
For some feminists, the digital space replicates oppressive hierarchies that are embedded in a global political economy. For others, it represents a new avenue for global feminist networking and an opportunity to be active participants in their own revolution, irrespective of geographical boundaries. For still others, the internet offers a “safe space” and a way to not just share common experiences, but also to organise and resist repressive gender regimes.
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