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A Study of the Phenomenon of “Extreme Feminist” Groups on Sina Weibo

Authors
Weiyu Mo1, *
1School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 2109853xbo20003@student.must.edu.mo
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Weiyu Mo
Available Online 29 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_157How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Extreme feminist groups; Feminism; Sina Weibo
Abstract

Feminism is a social theory and political movement created and initiated to promote equality between the sexes, with the original intention of affirming rights rather than privileges. In the context of the Chinese social media platform, Sina Weibo, feminism should not be synonymous with bigotry, irrationality and brutality. This study uses both documentary and descriptive statistical analysis to investigate the “extreme feminist” group and finds that the social reasons for the emergence of the “extreme feminist” group include the development of Weibo strategies and the prevalence of consumerism. The basic manifestations of the ‘extreme feminist’ group include the creation of gender anxiety and fear and the emphasis on gender-oppositional topics. The social characteristics of these groups are predominantly female, with a high percentage of followers from the southeast coast of China, predominantly teenagers, and a lower level of education than college. As a result, feminism on weibo tends to become disorganized and to create barriers to true equality between men and women, leading to a vicious circle of criticism-hate and criticism.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 December 2022
ISBN
978-2-494069-31-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_157How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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