The Internet has become a viable source of news, information, entertainment and social integration for people worldwide. The Internet is also a medium where gender identity operates strongly. Feminists, in particular, hailed the medium as a domain where women can assert their identities without patriarchal constraints and can challenge their stereotypical portrayal in the media. But does the Internet provide such utopianism? This book provides a content analysis of 18 Web sites targeted at Arab women. The results demonstrate that the Internet is tarnished by the same gender stereotypes that...