"Dissecting the poisoned honey"

This paper attempts to shed light on sexism in Egyptian Internet jokes. It examines how language, as an institution largely controlled by men, is manipulated and used to disparage women in this discursive mode of humor. Through running a qualitative and quantitative analysis of 284 sexist internet j...

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Autores: Nayef, Heba|||0000-0001-8399-0940, El-Nashar, Mohamed|||0000-0003-0834-0379
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.7238/a.v0i50.2324
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Palabra clave:Gender studies
Linguistic sexism
Sexist jokes
Linguistic feminism
Egyptian jokes
Estudios de género
Sexismo lingüístico
Chistes sexistas
Medios sociales
Bromas egipcias
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spelling "Dissecting the poisoned honey"Sexist Humor in Egypt: A linguistic analysis of sexism in Colloquial Cairene Arabic jokesHumor sexista en EgiptoNayef, Heba|||0000-0001-8399-0940El-Nashar, Mohamed|||0000-0003-0834-0379Gender studiesLinguistic sexismSexist jokesLinguistic feminismEgyptian jokesEstudios de géneroSexismo lingüísticoChistes sexistasMedios socialesBromas egipciasThis paper attempts to shed light on sexism in Egyptian Internet jokes. It examines how language, as an institution largely controlled by men, is manipulated and used to disparage women in this discursive mode of humor. Through running a qualitative and quantitative analysis of 284 sexist internet jokes, the study addressed three points; namely, the most frequently targeted category of women in sexist jokes; the most salient physical and personal attributes and finally the way sexist jokes is used to promote violence against women. The analysis has shown that the "wife" is the category most ridiculed. The data also revealed that in spite of the freedom in anonymity that the internet provides, personal attributes far outnumber the physical features. The jokes conformed to the conservative nature of the society as derision of physical features was done through the use of general terms. The analysis has shown that 'hatefulness' was the most highly criticised personal attribute, with "stupidity" coming second. It was also shown that under the guise of benign amusement, the effect of these jokes go beyond tolerating gender inequality to actually promoting physical violence against women. We conclude that in a patriarchal social system like that of Egypt, which already disparages women as the 'marked' and the 'different', such jokes should not be dismissed lightly as "just jokes".Este artículo trata de arrojar luz sobre el sexismo en los chistes de Internet egipcios. Examina cómo el lenguaje, entendido como una institución controlada en gran medida por los hombres, es manipulado y utilizado para desacreditar a las mujeres en esta modalidad discursiva del humor. El estudio consta de un análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo de 284 chistes sexistas de Internet. 22014-01-0120142014-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/129600https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.7238/a.v0i50.2324reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1296002026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv "Dissecting the poisoned honey"
Sexist Humor in Egypt: A linguistic analysis of sexism in Colloquial Cairene Arabic jokes
Humor sexista en Egipto
title "Dissecting the poisoned honey"
spellingShingle "Dissecting the poisoned honey"
Nayef, Heba|||0000-0001-8399-0940
Gender studies
Linguistic sexism
Sexist jokes
Linguistic feminism
Egyptian jokes
Estudios de género
Sexismo lingüístico
Chistes sexistas
Medios sociales
Bromas egipcias
title_short "Dissecting the poisoned honey"
title_full "Dissecting the poisoned honey"
title_fullStr "Dissecting the poisoned honey"
title_full_unstemmed "Dissecting the poisoned honey"
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nayef, Heba|||0000-0001-8399-0940
El-Nashar, Mohamed|||0000-0003-0834-0379
author Nayef, Heba|||0000-0001-8399-0940
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El-Nashar, Mohamed|||0000-0003-0834-0379
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gender studies
Linguistic sexism
Sexist jokes
Linguistic feminism
Egyptian jokes
Estudios de género
Sexismo lingüístico
Chistes sexistas
Medios sociales
Bromas egipcias
topic Gender studies
Linguistic sexism
Sexist jokes
Linguistic feminism
Egyptian jokes
Estudios de género
Sexismo lingüístico
Chistes sexistas
Medios sociales
Bromas egipcias
description This paper attempts to shed light on sexism in Egyptian Internet jokes. It examines how language, as an institution largely controlled by men, is manipulated and used to disparage women in this discursive mode of humor. Through running a qualitative and quantitative analysis of 284 sexist internet jokes, the study addressed three points; namely, the most frequently targeted category of women in sexist jokes; the most salient physical and personal attributes and finally the way sexist jokes is used to promote violence against women. The analysis has shown that the "wife" is the category most ridiculed. The data also revealed that in spite of the freedom in anonymity that the internet provides, personal attributes far outnumber the physical features. The jokes conformed to the conservative nature of the society as derision of physical features was done through the use of general terms. The analysis has shown that 'hatefulness' was the most highly criticised personal attribute, with "stupidity" coming second. It was also shown that under the guise of benign amusement, the effect of these jokes go beyond tolerating gender inequality to actually promoting physical violence against women. We conclude that in a patriarchal social system like that of Egypt, which already disparages women as the 'marked' and the 'different', such jokes should not be dismissed lightly as "just jokes".
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