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cyberfeminism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English feminism English cyberfeminism From cyber- + feminism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
   • Because of its similarity to what is often referred to as "liberal feminism" in the non-virtual world, I identify this perspective as liberal cyberfeminism. 1996, Susan C Herring, Computer-mediated Communication:
   • At the opening to On the Matrix: Cyberfeminist Simulations, Plant says that cyber-feminism—and/or the complex systems and virtual worlds upon which it is based—has the capacity to undermine the ‘world view and material reality of two thousand years of patriarchal control’. 1997, Caroline Bassett, quoting Sadie Plant, “With a Little Help from Our (New) Friends”, in Mute, volume 1, number 8, →ISSN:
   • Cyberfeminism is an attempt by feminists to own a part of the computer revolution, where the field of computer science has established a resistant, male center of power. 2008, Sue Vilhauer Rosser, Women, Science, and Myth:

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