Terrorist racialization is gendered, targeting men differently than women

Evidence

Gendered Islamophobia theory holds that state and societal tropes ascribed to Muslim women are oppositional to those assigned to Muslim men. It elucidates how prevailing ideas of “submissiveness” and “subordination” attached to Muslim womanhood, and the grand aim of “liberating Muslim women” that follows, are rooted in an imperial epistemology that caricatures Muslim men as “violent,” “oppressive,” and “tyrannical.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1244 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslim male violence is framed as an innate Islamic or racial impulse; Powell’s study concludes that white, non-Muslim men who commit domestic terrorism or other mass shootings are frequently described as being ‘mentally unstable,’ whereas Muslim terrorists are frequently described as angry extremists who are motivated primarily, if not solely, by religion.; Just as conversions aren’t causing massive demographic shifts, jihadists aren’t causing massive numbers of terror attacks on Western soil. Therefore, it seems clear that Western fears of both jihadist attacks stem from insecurities about Western power and the ability of Western nations to fend off terror attacks. Fears of jihad and national security rest primarily with male converts, while female Muslim converts bring about a different set of anxieties for nationalist commentators. Female Muslim converts challenge false stereotypes about oppressed Muslim women and create fear for nationalists by challenging Western societal norms of objectification of women. Objectification of women means the West hyper-sexualizing female bodies for mass consumption. (+12 more)

Related

• Just as conversions aren’t causing massive demographic shifts, jihadists aren’t causing massive numbers of terror attacks on Western soil. Therefore, it seems clear that Western fears of both… (similarity 0.90)
• Gendered stereotypes of Muslim men and women are formed in relation to each other. (similarity 0.89)
• Masculine Islamophobia frames Muslim men as imminent threats of violence (similarity 0.89)
• Gendered Islamophobia names discrimination targeting Muslim women (similarity 0.89)
• Muslim women are surveilled for cultural transgression while men are watched for terror potential (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobic stereotypes of Muslims form a closed gendered loop. (similarity 0.88)
• Gendered Islamophobia assigns opposite tropes to Muslim women and men (similarity 0.86)
• The terrorist stereotype is gendered and mainly targets men (similarity 0.86)
• Gendered surveillance watches women for cultural transgression and men for terror. (similarity 0.86)
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects (similarity 0.86)
• Muslim terrorist identity is gendered, targeting men while rendering women vulnerable (similarity 0.85)
• Anti-Muslim hate crime targets veiled women partly for gender performance, not religion alone. (similarity 0.85)
• The Muslim-man-violent and Muslim-woman-oppressed stereotypes are mutually reinforcing. (similarity 0.84)
• Because religious symbols are gendered, their racialization differs by sex (similarity 0.84)
• Gendered Islamophobia imposes the most distorted stereotypes on veiled Muslim women. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Gender shapes both how Muslims are racialized and how they respond #corroborates (0.80)
• Gendered Islamophobia assigns opposite tropes to Muslim women and men #expands (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1244
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects #expands (0.70)
• Surveillance operates differently on Muslim men and women through distinct mechanisms #expands (0.70)
• Islamophobic stereotypes of Muslims form a closed gendered loop. #expands (0.65) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 487
• Muslim men’s invisibility as Muslims breeds fear of association with terrorism #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 639
• Gendered Islamophobia names discrimination targeting Muslim women #complicates (0.50)