Western media depicts Muslim women solely as passive victims stripped of agency

Evidence

Stories of Muslim women focus mostly on their oppression and status as victims. The stereotypical Muslim woman in the Western media is depicted as a victim of either violence or sexism (or both) at the hands of angry and misogynist Muslim men (and sometimes other women). As a victim, the Muslim woman is passive. She lacks agency and frequently even a voice. One would be hard pressed to discover Muslim women in the Western media who make choices and participate in activities that shape their own destinies. One would also have difficulty encountering the great diversity of Muslim women, with occupations including housewives, scientific researchers, and politicians, and with religious orientations ranging from Islamist to progressive. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 510

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western media frames Islam chiefly through terrorism and women’s oppression. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 499; Media coverage of Muslim women collapses them into an oppressed-or-dangerous binary — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 407; Western journalists describe veiled Muslim women as faceless victims lacking personhood — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 516 (+16 more)

Broader Connections

• Western journalists describe veiled Muslim women as faceless victims lacking personhood #exemplifies (0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 516
• Media coverage of Muslim women collapses them into an oppressed-or-dangerous binary #expands (0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 407
• Muslim women are simultaneously attacked as threats and pitied as victims #expands (0.75)
• Western women’s post-feminist agency is constructed against the figure of the oppressed Muslim woman. #expands (0.70)
• Media framing constructs the reality audiences accept about Islam. #expands (0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 497
• Islamophobic discourse uses Muslim women as pawns to serve imperial and domestic agendas #expands (0.70)
• Circulating veiled-woman imagery deadens Westerners’ sense of Muslim women’s diversity #expands (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 394
• The hijab-oppresses-women narrative is sexist and contradicts surveyed Muslim women #corroborates (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 373
• The perceived threats posed by female Muslim converts challenge false stereotypes about oppressed Muslim women and create fear for nationalists by challenging Western societal norms of… #contradicts (0.60)
• The Muslim woman functions as a fixed stereotype absorbing cross-discourse readings #expands (0.60)
• Western discourse displaces Muslim threats onto obsessing over women’s clothing #complicates (0.55) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 356
• Erasing non-Western feminist activity constitutes a silencing Islamophobic move #expands (0.50)
• Muslim women alter dress and demeanor to counter surveillance-based stereotypes. #complicates (0.50)