From the chatroom to the classroom, these women professors face the manosphere in real life

According to The Nineteenth, women professors who teach gender and women's studies are increasingly navigating hostility rooted in online manosphere communities. Julie Shayne, who teaches Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, begins each semester on edge, uncertain what ideological positions her students will bring into the classroom. The story examines how anti-feminist rhetoric from online forums has moved into campus spaces, creating a hostile environment for female faculty teaching gender-focused courses.

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