Abstract

Misogyny as a social historical phenomenon has manifested itself in different ways through the ages and societies. With the arrival of the Internet and the use of social networks, these behaviours and manifestations of hatred towards women have changed, but they have also intensified their violence, recurrence and, at the same time, reinforce stereotypes and entrenched sociocultural behaviours that reproduce the traditional role of women. Misogyny in social networks is a phenomenon that particularly resists accepting the visibility of women when holding important political positions, attacking mainly women who exercise their rights and in particular when they participate in electoral processes. The objective of this chapter is to know how the specialized literature is analysing this phenomenon and how certain ideologies use it as part of their political discourse strategies.