Can’t women talk about science? Analysis of sexist comments in Nerdologia YouTube channel

• Autor(a) principal: da Costa, Verônica Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: de Carvalho, Carlos Alberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Em Questão (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/90054
• topic: Sexismo; Divulgação Científica; YouTube; Comentários; Vulnerabilidade.; Sexism; Science Communication; YouTube; Comments; Vulnerability

The article focuses on sexism approaches in science communication based on the analysis of comments that received the highest number of likes and answers - among more than 15.000 comments identified - in a YouTube video by Nerdologia about sexism. The study indicates a predominance of negative repercussion on the narrative conducted by a woman in an environment originally occupied by male presenters. The purpose of the article is to reveal textual senses to users’ reactions as part of YouTube’s communication cycle, considering likes and responses as aspects that validate sexist comments that delegitimize the female presence and distort arguments on gender equality. The analysis also points to ways in which women find themselves in a position of vulnerability as science communicators, considering prejudices, stereotypes and disqualification as components of socio-cultural, economic, and political processes that weaken the performance of women in institutions that hold statuses of privilege - such as Science. Disqualifying stereotypes about women indicate how science and science communication have cleavages, inequalities and hierarchies in gender relations, and also indicate the need to develop a critical awareness on how gender stereotypes influence science and science communication.