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India: Government should get out of the way
The net has often been portrayed by the media in India as "being a lair of sexual predators". Grady looks at some of the contradictions between policy and practice that were revealed by the EROTICS research in India, which explored the ways that young women negotiate risks online as they strategically use the internet to explore, define and challenge boundaries of gender and sexual norms.
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Internet in South Africa is more than meets the eye
Grady gives a glimpse into the final research of the EROTICS research in South Africa that explored lesbians and transgender people use of the Internet, and how content regulation measures can constrain the internet's democratising and empowering potential for LGBTI persons in the country.
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Lebanon: Free speech is a gateway crime
The recent controversy surrounding the Gay Girl in Damascus (who turned out to be anything but) has this blogger scratching his head. Why are we all so focused on how MacMaster misled us, and not on the real issue?
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World Pulse starts campaign on universal access
World Pulse, the authority on all things woman, has recently launched an action blogging campaign to promote universal access to the internet. This author is tempted to sue them.
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EROTICS raises fascinating new questions
The EroTICs research of sexuality and the internet revealed that contrary to much public opinion, sexuality online is much more than just pornography. As the EroTICs project comes to a close, GenderIT.org's writer Grady Johnson asked some of the experts to share their thoughts about the research.
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EROTICS plantea nuevas y fascinantes preguntas
Clarissa Smith, Katharine Sarikakis y Pramada Menon pertenecen a diferentes partes del mundo pero en entrevista con Grady Johnson revelan que tienen más en común de lo que a simple vista podría parecer: todas ellas consideran que la investigación EROTICS sobre sexualidad e internet es única e innovadora y que ofrece a las personas responsables de formular políticas la capacidad de tomar…
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Gay Girl in Damascus is actually Straight Man in Scotland
If you saw the headline you have no doubt already heard the news that Gay Girl in Damascus was totally a dude. I know, right?
