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When Sexism Becomes the Norm: The Effect of Sexism on Women’s Participation in Political Online Discussions

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Communication Research

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Abstract

Communication Research, Ahead of Print.
Publicly visible women in political news are often met with sexist backlash in social media’s comment sections. We take a social norms perspective to argue that the presence of politically active women in the news sets a descriptive norm to increase ...