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posted on 2023-05-20, 05:44 authored by Louise Richardson-SelfLouise Richardson-SelfThis article identifies five genres of anti-queer hate speech found in The Australian’s Facebook comments sections, exposing and analyzing the ways in which such comments are used to derogate cisgender and (often) heterosexual women. One may be tempted to think of cis-het women as third-party victims of queerphobia; however, this article argues that these genres of anti-queer speech are, in fact, misogynistic. Specifically, it argues that these are instances of cis-hetero-misogynistic hate speech. Cis-hetero-misogyny functions as the “law enforcement branch” of a cis-hetero-patriarchal gender order. Given the existence of such an order, it is clear that cis-het women’s liberation is inextricable from queer liberation (and vice versa). This article argues that to facilitate allyship and challenge this gender order—the order that elicits such hate speech acts—we need an epistemological revolution in the way we recognize and re-cognize human difference.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice: An International ForumVolume
22Pagination
573-587ISSN
1386-2820Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
SpringerPlace of publication
NetherlandsRights statement
Copyright Springer Nature B.V. 2019Repository Status
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