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In this chapter we examine the development and proliferation of a new type of sexism in the media, which has sometimes been characterized as ironic sexism. We describe the characteristics of ironic sexism and locate its emergence as part of a larger backlash that has been leveled against feminist critiques of sexist media. For instructors who teach about gender equality and movements for change, this era of ironic sexism presents new challenges, with an especially insidious one being the ability to help students recognize the severity of this seemingly more playful and less obvious brand of sexism. We consider some of the implications of these challenges, and we identify three pedagogical strategies for helping students identify ironic sexism and formulate their own critiques of it.
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Chepp, V., Andrist, L. (2016). Doing Critical Pedagogy in an Ironically Sexist World. In: Haltinner, K., Pilgeram, R. (eds) Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30364-2_15
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