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

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 t...

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Main Author: Vitis, Laura (Author)
Contributors: Naegler, Laura ; Salehin, Ahmad
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 491-508
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Camera sexual voyeurism
everyday authoritarianism
image-based abuse
Narrative
online resistance
Resistance
Vigilantism
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Summary: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’.
ISSN:1741-6604
DOI:10.1177/17416590211027337