Who wants to play a love game? experiences of gender norms and epistemic injustice as defining aspects of queer online dating

Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelen queer-ihmisten kokemuksia nettideittailusta keskittyen Tinderiin ja keskustelen sukupuolinormien ja episteemisen epäoikeudenmukaisuuden merkityksestä näihin kokemuksiin. Nettideittailusta on tullut ensisijainen tapa tavata ihmisiä treffeille, ja useimmat näistä alustoi...

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Main Author: Ruohonen, Karoliina
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2025
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/103221
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description Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelen queer-ihmisten kokemuksia nettideittailusta keskittyen Tinderiin ja keskustelen sukupuolinormien ja episteemisen epäoikeudenmukaisuuden merkityksestä näihin kokemuksiin. Nettideittailusta on tullut ensisijainen tapa tavata ihmisiä treffeille, ja useimmat näistä alustoista ovat näkyvästi heteronormatiivisia tiloja ja tehty heteroseksuaalista deittikäsikirjoitusta silmällä pitäen, vaikka alustaa markkinoitaisiinkin queer-ihmisille. Tein alustavan kyselyn ja kolme puolistrukturoitua haastattelua. Käytin teoreettista viitekehystä, jossa yhdistin queer-teorian klassikoita, intersektionaalisuutta ja feminististä epistemologia luodakseni käsitteellisen ja kontekstuaalisen perustan analyysille. Kerätty aineisto osoitti, että episteeminen epäoikeudenmukaisuus muokkaa queer-ihmisten tapaa deittailla ja sitä, miten he ovat vuorovaikutuksessa toisten ihmisten kanssa deittailu alustoilla, ja että sukupuoliroolit sanelevat sosiaalisia käytäntöjä jopa kahden queer-ihmisen välillä. Queeriys ei vaikuttanut vain osallistujien deittailutottumuksiin, vaan se oli myös merkittävä osa heidän identiteettiään. Deittailukäytännöt ja alustat, jotka välittävät näitä vuorovaikutussuhteita, ovat normatiivisten rakenteiden toimijoita, jotka sanelevat, millaisia sukupuoli, seksuaalisuus ja halu ovat ja miten ajattelemme niistä. In this paper I examine the experiences of queer people in online dating, focusing on Tinder, and discussing the role of gender norms and epistemic injustice have on these experiences. Online dating has become the primary way to meet people to date and most of these platforms are prominently heteronormative spaces and made with the heterosexual dating script in mind, even if the platform would be marketed towards queer individuals.   I conducted an initial survey and three semi structured interviews. I used a theoretical framework that combined classical queer theory, intersectionality and feminist epistemologies to lay a conceptual and contextual foundation for the analysis.   The collected data showed that epistemic injustice shapes the way queer people date and how they interact with other people on dating platforms and that gender roles dictate social practices, even between two queer individuals. Queerness did not just affect the participants' dating habits but was also a significant part of their identity. Dating practices and the platforms that mediate these interactions are victims to normative structures that dictate how gender, sex and desire are and how we think about them.
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title_full Who wants to play a love game? : experiences of gender norms and epistemic injustice as defining aspects of queer online dating
title_fullStr Who wants to play a love game? : experiences of gender norms and epistemic injustice as defining aspects of queer online dating Who wants to play a love game? : experiences of gender norms and epistemic injustice as defining aspects of queer online dating
title_full_unstemmed Who wants to play a love game? : experiences of gender norms and epistemic injustice as defining aspects of queer online dating Who wants to play a love game? : experiences of gender norms and epistemic injustice as defining aspects of queer online dating
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title_txtP Who wants to play a love game? : experiences of gender norms and epistemic injustice as defining aspects of queer online dating
topic epistemic injustice gender norms Valtio-oppi Political Science deittailu heteronormatiivisuus sukupuoli queer-tutkimus seksuaalisuus sukupuolentutkimus tietoteoria sukupuolivähemmistöt
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