[INDOLOGY] How we talk to women online, an example from Indology

[Joanna Jurewicz]

 Dear Dr Truschke, Dear Dr Sauthoff,

I would like to thank you to raise the problem which an important part of
my life as a feminine scholar and, additionally,  a scholar from the
previous Eastern Europe (Poland).

Regards,

Joanna Jurewicz




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Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz
Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warszawa
https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz


pt., 5 kwi 2019 o 21:06 Audrey Truschke via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> napisał(a):

> Dear Dr. Sauthoff,
>
> Thank you very much for this. I found it edifying and enlightening.
>
> All the Best,
>
> Audrey Truschke
> Assistant Professor
> Department of History
> Rutgers University-Newark
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:43 PM Patricia Sauthoff via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> I did a little analysis of two recent emails sent out on the list by the
>> same sender. One email was in response to a male and the other to a female.
>> Both emails were on the same topic and sent within a few minutes of one
>> another.
>>
>> The male to male (MM) email used the second person "you" and the first
>> person "I" in a 1:2 ratio.
>>
>> The male to female (MF) email used "you" to "I" in a 1:3.6 ratio.
>>
>> The first paragraph of the MM email directly addressed the previous email
>> by a male academic.
>>
>> The first paragraph of the FM email reiterated a point that the male
>> writer said previously, something that occurred more than once in the FM
>> email.
>>
>> The MM email contained:
>>  one instance of concern trolling
>> one instance of an off-topic remark
>>  several instances of aggressive wording.
>> The MM email contained no obvious typos.
>>
>> The MF email contained:
>> one instance of antagonistic wording
>> at least two instances of passive aggressive wording
>> two instances of concern trolling
>> three instances of questioning the female list member's intellectual
>> ability (aka gaslighting)
>> two off-topic comments (one of which containing offensive and dismissive
>> language)
>> one instance of what could be perceived as a veiled threat.
>> The MF email contained multiple obvious typos.
>>
>>
>> Some definitions of the types of trolling women experience online can be
>> found here:
>> https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a13403/online-harassment-terms-fight-back/
>>
>>
>> I am not trying to call anyone out in particular but find it to be a good
>> demonstration of how women are approached differently in online spaces.
>>
>> --
>> Patricia Sauthoff
>> Post-doctoral researcher
>> AyurYog.org
>> Department of History and Classics
>> University of Alberta
>> Edmonton, Canada
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