Many words have been written about the systemic, structural nature of oppression. These structures and systems have been documented and discussed at length. But new power structures give rise to new forms of power and control, and therefore oppression. In this paper, I will demonstrate how these new network forms give rise to these new structures, focusing specifically on sexism as a means of furthering male domination. If "the internet" is structured in such a way that "nobody knows if you're a dog," how has the internet reproduced, in modified ways, the existing patriarchal social structures we observe in meatspace?
Galloway posits that networks change the previously centralized nature of sovereignty and power. Communications technologies have enabled such structures to morph from very visible, powerful central forces into fuzzy, distributed, diffuse power. In order for such networked power to accomplish its goals, it needs to modify its tools and tactics to fit t
