BibTeX

@inProceedings{francis-2025-between-352011,
	title        = {Between Hetero-Fatalism and Dark Femininity: Discussions of Relationships, Sex, and Men in the Femosphere},
	abstract     = {The 'femosphere' is a term coined to describe a group of online ideological spaces for women characterised by toxicity, reactionary feminism, and hetero-pessimism. It is often portrayed as a mirror of a similar group of communities for men, called the 'manosphere'. Although there have been several studies investigating the ideologies and language of the manosphere, the femosphere has been largely overlooked - especially in NLP. This paper presents a study of two communities in the femosphere: Female Dating Strategy and Femcels. It presents an exploration of the language of these communities on topics related to relationships, sex, and men from the perspective of hetero-pessimism using topic modelling and semantic analysis. It reveals dissatisfaction with heterosexual courtship and frustration with the patriarchal society through which members attempt to navigate.},
	booktitle    = {9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH)},
	author       = {Francis, Emilie},
	year         = {2025},
	publisher    = {Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)},
}