Meanings
- rareuncountableOnline participation in sexism.
The personal is still political, and cybersex and cybersexism are often too easily commingled.
2008, John C Hawley, LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia, volume 1, page 11042 more examples
Chapter 9 situates these optimistic appraisals of the democratic potential of new media in relation to a darker side of cyberspace—the proliferation of cyberracism, cybersexism, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and systemic surveillance.
2012, M. E. Hawkesworth, Political Worlds of WomenAnd while social media is a common method used to disseminate these examples of supportive mainstream articles, it is also unfortunately a space which enables abuse, misogyny and harassment, otherwise known as cybersexism or trolling.
2015, K. Mendes, SlutWalk: Feminism, Activism and Media
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cybersexism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybersexism
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