“She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians

This article summarizes the main results of a study about the disparagement of women politicians in Spain. The thematic analysis of 1,245 comments spontaneously posted on the Burbuja.info forum reveals that the commenters feel entitled to humiliate and disparage the eight female politicians embattle...

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Autores: Lacalle, Charo, Gómez Morales, Beatriz Maria, Vicent-Ibáñez, Mireya, Narvaiza, Sara
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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Hate speech
Women politicians
Manosphere
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spelling “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women PoliticiansLacalle, CharoGómez Morales, Beatriz MariaVicent-Ibáñez, MireyaNarvaiza, SaraMisogynyHate speechWomen politiciansManosphereThis article summarizes the main results of a study about the disparagement of women politicians in Spain. The thematic analysis of 1,245 comments spontaneously posted on the Burbuja.info forum reveals that the commenters feel entitled to humiliate and disparage the eight female politicians embattled by the hate speech posts. While the main targets of this form of harassment have been women representatives of left-wing parties, the focus of the disparaging attacks has been the female body. This explains why those who were overweight were the most vilified, even during periods when they had a lower profile in the media.This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Grant Nos. PID2023-147506OB-I00 and PID2019-105613GB-C31).SAGE Publications2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241313479https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/467389reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2023-147506OB-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-105613GB-C31Versió postprint del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241313479Violence Against Women, 2025, vol. 32, núm. 2, p. 486-507(c) The Authors, 2025info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10459.1/4673892026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians
spellingShingle “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians
Lacalle, Charo
Misogyny
Hate speech
Women politicians
Manosphere
title_short “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians
title_full “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians
title_fullStr “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians
title_full_unstemmed “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians
title_sort “She Looks Like She’d Be a Filthy Pig in Bed”: Online Misogyny and Denigration of Women Politicians
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lacalle, Charo
Gómez Morales, Beatriz Maria
Vicent-Ibáñez, Mireya
Narvaiza, Sara
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Gómez Morales, Beatriz Maria
Vicent-Ibáñez, Mireya
Narvaiza, Sara
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Vicent-Ibáñez, Mireya
Narvaiza, Sara
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Misogyny
Hate speech
Women politicians
Manosphere
topic Misogyny
Hate speech
Women politicians
Manosphere
description This article summarizes the main results of a study about the disparagement of women politicians in Spain. The thematic analysis of 1,245 comments spontaneously posted on the Burbuja.info forum reveals that the commenters feel entitled to humiliate and disparage the eight female politicians embattled by the hate speech posts. While the main targets of this form of harassment have been women representatives of left-wing parties, the focus of the disparaging attacks has been the female body. This explains why those who were overweight were the most vilified, even during periods when they had a lower profile in the media.
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