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1. „To jest wojna!". Medialne narracje o protestach kobiet.

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SOBCZAK, BARBARA

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Published
2022
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2. Unfree to speak and forced to hate? The phenomenon of the All-Poland Women's Strike

Author

Szczepańska, Dagmara, Marchlewska, Marta, Strippel, Christian, Paasch-Colberg, Sünje, Emmer, Martin, and Trebbe, Joachim

Subjects
Sprachgebrauch, Sociology & anthropology, Streik, Kommunikationssoziologie, Sprachsoziologie, Soziolinguistik, Frauenbewegung, strike, Gruppe, group, Social sciences, sociology, anthropology, women's movement, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics, All-Poland Women's Strike, abusive language, hate speech, Polen, Protest, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, hate, language usage, empowerment, Soziologie, Anthropologie, Hass, ddc:300, Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies, Poland, ddc:301
Abstract

This chapter explores abusive language’s role when employed by a group with a lower social status whose rights are threatened by political authorities. We focus on the language of protest that emerged during the 2020 All-Poland Women’s Strike, following a court ruling that almost totally banned legal abortions in Poland. Since some slogans used by these protesters could be interpreted as expressions of abusive language, we decided to analyze their meaning in a wider socio-political context. We show that women’s use of vulgarisms and offensive language can serve as a tool of social and political change and that it may lead to empowerment. Moreover, given the cultural underpinnings of Polish society’s gender-based social norms, we show that the use of abusive language may symbolize the process of redefining the traditional gender contract in Poland.

Published
2023

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