What is cyberwoman?: The second sex in cyberspace

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-166

  Westfall, Joseph ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauvoir; Communication; Cyberspace; Embodiment; Existentialism; Gender; Identity; Oppression

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEAUVOIR; CYBERSPACES; EMBODIMENT; EXISTENTIALISM; GENDER; IDENTITY; OPPRESSION;

COMPUTERS;

EID: 20744449251     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010053521802     Document Type: Article

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