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Cyber Feminism

Cyber Feminism is a genre of women’s movement which tells us about the relationship between cyberspace, the Internet, and technology. It can be referred to as a philosophy, methodology or community as well. It is a philosophy which accepts the differences on the powers between the women and the men specifically to the digital discourses and the cyber feminist is the one who wants to change this situation.  Over the years, technology has been a male-dominated, and new technologies are still continuing this tradition. In our tradition, the patriarchy has always been present. Men always controlled the content; men earned the profit from it. So, due to this, a gender gap emerged in how women and men accessed the internet: men surfed, hopping from site to site and thus getting more and more information. On the other hand, women went directly to certain sites or searched for information on specific topics they wanted to know about.  As technology became more advanced, the full societal a