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Filipino Cyborg Sexualities, Chatroom Masculinities, Self-Ascribed Identities, Ephemeral Selves

Filipino Cyborg Sexualities, Chatroom Masculinities, Self-Ascribed Identities, Ephemeral Selves

Alvin S. Concha
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466600201|ISBN10: 1466600209|EISBN13: 9781466600218
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0020-1.ch018
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Concha, Alvin S. "Filipino Cyborg Sexualities, Chatroom Masculinities, Self-Ascribed Identities, Ephemeral Selves." Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs, edited by Rekha Pande and Theo van der Weide, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 211-224. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0020-1.ch018

APA

Concha, A. S. (2012). Filipino Cyborg Sexualities, Chatroom Masculinities, Self-Ascribed Identities, Ephemeral Selves. In R. Pande & T. van der Weide (Eds.), Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs (pp. 211-224). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0020-1.ch018

Chicago

Concha, Alvin S. "Filipino Cyborg Sexualities, Chatroom Masculinities, Self-Ascribed Identities, Ephemeral Selves." In Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs, edited by Rekha Pande and Theo van der Weide, 211-224. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0020-1.ch018

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Abstract

This cyberethnographic study aims to describe the creation of male sexualities among self-ascribed Filipino men in online chatrooms, describe the virtual environments wherein cyber male sexualities are constructed, and discuss the extent to which virtual male sexualities reflect contemporary physical world male sexualities and implicate masculinities. Chatroom selves are self-ascribed and ephemeral selves that abound in an indulgent ambiance. Chatrooms sanction a whole range of behaviors that afford meaningfully lived freedom to persons. The author argues that under similar conditions, the practice of masculinities can become non-oppressive, egalitarian, and liberating for the self and for others.

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