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cyberfeminism

cyberfeminism

English

Noun

cyberfeminism (countable and uncountable, plural cyberfeminisms)

  1. A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
    • 1996, Susan C Herring, Computer-mediated Communication
      Because of its similarity to what is often referred to as "liberal feminism" in the non-virtual world, I identify this perspective as liberal cyberfeminism.
    • 2008, Sue Vilhauer Rosser, Women, Science, and Myth
      Cyberfeminism is an attempt by feminists to own a part of the computer revolution, where the field of computer science has established a resistant, male center of power.