Fear of surveillance made Muslim men refuse research participation more than gender norms

Evidence

After conducting the interviews, I found the reason Muslim American men were opting out of participating had less to do with gender relationships and more to do with the fear of surveillance. I believe Muslim American men feared talking to a stranger about their experiences post-9/11 because of the hypersurveillance they have had to endure. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 492

Categorization

  • DEFINE: This is a key finding about how surveillance produces self-silencing — the empirical mechanism of the project.