‘This is not a case of gender inequality. This is a case of injustice’: Perceptions of online resistance to camera sexual voyeurism

Vitis, Laura ORCID: 0000-0001-8547-3402, Naegler, Laura ORCID: 0000-0002-1093-0282 and Salehin, Ahmad (2022) ‘This is not a case of gender inequality. This is a case of injustice’: Perceptions of online resistance to camera sexual voyeurism. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 18 (4). pp. 491-508.

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Abstract

<jats:p> In November 2018, Monica Baey, a student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was recorded by a fellow student while showering in university accommodation. After the perpetrator was issued a formal warning and a one-semester suspension, Baey posted about the case on social media and named the perpetrator. This generated public support, news coverage and institutional reform. In this article, we explore a range of responses to the Monica Baey case through a thematic analysis of publicly available comments about the case on a popular message board forum, Hardwarezone. By contextualising our analysis within the political setting of Singapore, this research demonstrates that public responses to testimony-based resistance require close analysis, as extant tools for citizens to engage in ‘naming and shaming’, were relevant to understanding these responses to this mode of resistance and reflected what Ibrahim (2018) calls ‘everyday authoritarianism’. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	09 Aug 2021 09:16
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:34
DOI:	10.1177/17416590211027337
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3131919