08 octubre 2018
Bilbao
The digital gender gap is an evidence. This is one of the main conclusions of the thesis 'The macho digital iceberg', performed by Deusto researcher and member of the Gender Interdisciplinary Research Platform Estíbaliz Linares. Directed by María Silvestre and Raquel Royo, Linares thesis was presented at the Basque Parliament - Education Commission on 8 October 2018.
Linares’ thesis analyses digital “machista” realities reproduced by adolescents in Euskadi. She identifies digital gender gaps generated by media and video games, cyber-control and sexual and/ or sexist cyberbullying. The objective of this analysis, carried out with boys and girls between 15 and 17 years old, is the prevention and intervention from the formal educational context.
Linares participation and research conclusions were covered by cadenaser radio and national TV Telecinco.
