The New Age of Sexism How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny
The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny by Laura Bates, published by Sourcebooks in 2025, explores the intersection of technology and misogyny. This 352-page book delves into how advancements in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are not only failing to address longstanding gender inequalities but are actively exacerbating them. Bates presents a critical examination of the biases embedded in these technologies and the implications they hold for the future of gender equality.
Readers will find a thorough investigation into the ways technology is being weaponized against women, from the rise of sex robots to the toxic dynamics present in the metaverse. Bates emphasizes the urgent need for awareness and action, highlighting the dangers posed by these developments to decades of progress in women’s rights. The New Age of Sexism serves as a call to confront the unsettling realities of our technological landscape and the social aspects that shape it, making it a significant contribution to discussions in feminist theory and women’s studies.
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Misogyny is being hardwired into our future. Can we stop it?
We like to believe we’re moving closer to equality, riding the wave of technological progress into a brighter, fairer future. But beneath the glossy surface of innovation lies a chilling truth: new technologies are not just failing to solve age-old inequalities–they’re deepening them.
In The New Age of Sexism, acclaimed author and activist Laura Bates exposes how misogyny is being coded into the very fabric of our future. From the biases embedded in artificial intelligence to the alarming rise of sex robots and the toxic dynamics of the metaverse, Bates takes readers on a shocking journey into a world where technology is weaponized against women.
This isn’t a dystopian warning about what might happen. It’s a harrowing account of what’s happening now and the dangers we face if we don’t act. With clarity and urgency, Bates reveals how these advancements are dragging society backward, reinforcing harmful stereotypes, and jeopardizing decades of progress in the fight for gender equality.
Eye-opening and empowering, The New Age of Sexism is a rallying cry for awareness and action in a world where the battle for equality has entered a dangerous new frontier.
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