The Power of Narrative Semiotic Violence in Anti-Gender Messages Online

Critical discourse analysis of sexual violence on social media through the representation of victim blaming and sexist humor

This study investigates how sexual harassment and gender-based violence are represented in online comments, particularly focusing on the normalization of victim-blaming and the use of humor as a discursive disguise for harassment. The purpose of the research is to uncover how everyday language in digital spaces contrib...

Cyber Sexism

This article presents a critical analysis of posts and images shared by male X users about women in Turkey. Focusing on two X accounts (Erkkod and Yalnız Adam), the article aims to reveal the importance of online texts and images in the meaning-making and the politicization of women subjects, highlighting the misogynis...

A Pragmatic Analysis of the Language Gender Framing on X

This study explores the complex dynamics of gender framing on Twitter (now X) within feminist and transgender discourse. It analyzes the various pragmatic mechanisms through which users negotiate, construct, perform, and contest gender, focusing on critical feminist issues and transgender rights. Employing a rigorous q...

Gendered Violence, Genderless Frames: The Politics of Domestic Violence in Russia and Ukraine on the Eve of Full-scale War

Hegemonic Masculinity and Gender-Based Intimate Partner Violence in Spain: An Analysis of Macrosystem Factors through Victims’ and Perpetrators’ Narratives

Intimate partner gender-based violence constitutes a serious public health problem rooted in sociocultural structures. This study aims to identify macrosystem factors—namely, the beliefs and values that legitimize this violence—present in perpetrators, based on a contrast of discourses. Within the framework of Heise’s...

Gender, populism and anti-populist resistance: the political construction of women and gender in Italy

The relationship between gender and populism provides a significant lens through which to examine contemporary transformations of political representation, political subjectivity, and democratic conflict. This article examines how gender is constructed within Italian right-wing populist discourse and how feminist mobil...