Sexist hate speech: Topical organization of intolerant discourse

Abstract

The article is aimed at determining the topical structure of sexist hate speech as form of intolerant discourse. Sexist hate speech is viewed as a type of gender-based hate speech that is influenced by the same social, political and legal, cultural and ethical factors as sexual orientation-based or gender identity-based hate speech. The article proposes a topical structure of hate speech in general and provides the examples of verbalization of sexist hate speech topics and subtopics in the Belarusian online discourse.

Keywords

• hate speech
• sexist hate speech
• gender-based hate speech
• discourse of hate
• intolerant discourse
• online discourse