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Dear all, The debate about gendered bullying (or not) made me think. That the troll did not know the gender of his/her 'target'. That he/she doesn't know Hillary, thus. And this means that he/she 'met' Hillary online, likely... here. In other words, it may well be one of us, right? If this is the case, let me remind him/her that scam (real or simulated) is a crime. All the best to all the others Simone On 24 Nov 2014 18:39, "JP Catungal" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Actually, no, bullying is not genderless. > > Not only is the language of bullying very much gendered - e.g., 'man up' - > but the targets of bullying are targets often because of their perceived > "improper" femininity or masculinity (e.g., calling a boy 'fag' for being > effeminate is the policing of gender). > > > > > > Quoting Candice Pamela Boyd <[log in to unmask]>: > > Bullying is genderless. >> >> -- >> Candice P. Boyd >> BSc, GradDipEdPsych, MPsych, PhD (Psychology) >> PhD Candidate (Geography and Creative Arts) >> Lecturer, Centre for Youth Mental Health >> University of Melbourne >> Victoria, Australia >> >> Academic website: unimelb.academia.edu/CandiceBoyd >> Artist's website: candiceboyd.w'bly.com (replace ' with ee) >> >> ________________________________ >> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers [ >> [log in to unmask]] on behalf of Peter Lugosi [ >> [log in to unmask]] >> Sent: 25 November 2014 01:18 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: some thoughts on yesterday's spectacle >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> Please note that Hillary (Shaw) is a man not a woman. >> >> Like Tracy and Clare, Hillary/Hilary is a unisex name. In this case, it >> refers to a male colleague. >> >> Regards >> >> Peter >> >> On 24 November 2014 at 14:03, David Featherstone < >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Rosibel and all, >> >> >> >> I just want to say that I very much share the sentiment here- what >> happened last night was very nasty. >> >> Cheers >> >> Dave >> >> ________________________________ >> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers [ >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] >> on behalf of Rosibel Roman [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] >> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 1:33 PM >> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: some thoughts on yesterday's spectacle >> >> I was going to shrug off yesterday’s outbreak of spam, but the reason I >> decided to say something about it, is that there is something about it that >> bothers me that hasn’t yet been addressed by others’ responses. The >> anonymous spammer’s messages not only targeted an individual to bully her, >> and at one point even hijacked her identity, but also aimed to incite other >> list members to bully and isolate her. It also seems to me that he or she >> expressed vague threats, all while hiding in the cowardly shadows of >> anonymity, banking on the possibility that some list members might agree >> with him or her. >> >> I have come to respect this list over the past 3 or 4 years because, >> despite the very occasional flares of heated debate, there is a sense of >> respect and commitment to ethics that does unify all of our diverse >> interests. I don’t believe there is any place for bullying, impersonating, >> or threats of any kind on this list. >> >> Personally, I feel that any academic who would stoop as low as >> yesterday’s anonymous individual in directing such threats to anyone, >> especially for such petty reasons, also casts his or her integrity as a an >> academic researcher, particularly in the social sciences, and/or an >> educator, or even simply as a student, into question. But I suppose he or >> she knows that. >> >> Even if this was simply a stunt done out of boredom for laughs, it’s not >> funny to read cheap shots and veiled threats that are meant to humiliate >> someone. I wouldn’t want it done to me, and it bothers me to see someone >> being subjected to this. >> >> You can think whatever you like of Hillary’s occasional posts. In my >> opinion, she has often contributed food for thought, as well as healthy, >> gentle doses of self-reflection/self-criticism for the list, as to why we >> are the way we are. I may not always agree with everything she says, but >> then, I don’t agree with everything anyone says. >> >> The point is that there are ways of dealing with disagreement that don’t >> have to amount to bullying and harassment. For starters, if you have >> something to say to her and/or to the rest of us, identify yourself. Hiding >> your identity doesn’t lend you any awe-inspiring mystique, it just makes >> you a coward. Otherwise, as it has been pointed out before, get to know >> your filter options or even the delete button. >> >> It’s a real shame that the energy and time it takes to put on something >> like yesterday’s spam-a-thon wasn’t instead invested in fighting things >> that are actually troubling, such as chronic hunger, homelessness, human >> trafficking, etc. >> >> Best regards, >> >> rosibel >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Peter Lugosi, PhD >> Reader >> Oxford School of Hospitality Management >> Faculty of Business >> Oxford Brookes University >> Gipsy Lane >> Oxford >> OX3 0BP >> Tel: +44 (0)1865 484 404 >> Fax: +44 (0)1865 483 878 >> >> >> Profile and publications: <http://goog_847364119> >> http://hospitality.brookes.ac.uk/staff/profile.asp?id=p0076361 >> >> Academia.edu: <http://goog_847364120> http://oxfordbrookes.academia. >> edu/PeterLugosi >> >> Hospitality & Society Journal: <http://goog_847364121> >> http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=194/view,page=2/ >> >> <http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id= >> 194/view,page=2/> >> >> > > > -- > JOHN PAUL CATUNGAL > > Starting January 2014: > SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow and Killam Honourary Fellow > Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice > and Department of Geography > University of British Columbia > > "Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover who we are, but to refuse > who we are." (Michel Foucault) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >