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Article Abstract:

This article describes the findings of a report from the Association for Progressive Communications about progress in women's global networking. The benefits and negative possibilities of the Internet, access variance between the northern and southern hemispheres, and need for more support materials are discussed.

Author: Wood, Peregrine
Publisher: Women's Health and Environment Network
Publication Name: WE International
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0229-480S
Year: 1997
Feminism

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This article explores the potential of the Internet in social relationships. The possibilities of chat rooms as places to promulgate gender stereotypes and analysis of an electronic exchange between a man and a woman are discussed.

Author: Silver, Larissa
Publisher: Women's Health and Environment Network
Publication Name: WE International
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0229-480S
Year: 1997
Sex role, Sex roles, Interpersonal relations, Chat rooms

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Women & wires: feminist connections and the politics of cyberspace

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The article describes how feminists are using the Internet. The discovery of social stimulation through the World Wide Web, social and technical uses of hypertexts, and innovations in feminist intervention are discussed.

Author: Engel, Maureen, Fisher, Catilin
Publisher: Women's Health and Environment Network
Publication Name: WE International
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0229-480S
Year: 1997
Information technology, Feminists

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Subjects list: Social aspects, Innovations, Internet
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