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Prescripted living: gender stereotypes and data-based surveillance in the UK welfare state

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The welfare benefits system in the UK has historically favoured individuals who conform to gender stereotypes: it also increasingly uses surveillance and conditionality to determine who is 'deserving' of support.This paper argues that this combination reinforces structures of categorisation and control, risking a vicious cycle which causes harm at both an individual and societal level: it also argues that human rights offers a tool for analysis and resistance to this harm.

Source: Internet Policy Review

DOI: 10.14763/2021.4.1593

Author: Laura Carter

Institution: University of Essex

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Gender equality

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council