GLI INSULTI SESSISTI NELLO SPAZIO LINGUISTICO URBANO

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https://doi.org/10.54103/2037-3597/30480

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Questo saggio prende in esame il fenomeno degli insulti sessisti nello spazio linguistico urbano delle province di Varese e Como , con l’obiettivo di evidenziarne le caratteristiche pragmatiche, linguistiche e discorsive.  Più nello specifico, l’analisi di un corpus di 244 scritte raccolte sui muri cittadini tra il 2021 e il 2024 , mostra come l’insulto sessista agisca come un dispositivo di esclusione e delegittimazione, rafforzando gli stereotipi di genere e le disuguaglianze simboliche nello spazio sociale. L’indagine, che integra diversi livelli dell’analisi linguistica, rivela che dal punto di vista semantico, il linguaggio d’odio si concentra maggiormente contro le donne e la comunità LGBTQIA+, focalizzandosi principalmente sulle categorie della moralità e dell’anomia. Un dato significativo della ricerca è rappresentato dall’intersezionalità dei discorso d’odio, dove l’insulto sessista si sovrappone a marcatori d’odio etnici, religiosi o politici. Le scritte sui muri, anche rivolte a personaggi funzionano come amplificatore e terreno di sedimentazione delle gerarchie e di una visione patriarcale, binaria e stigmatizzante delle identità individuali e della società. Infine, lo studio conferma come il linguaggio d’odio nello spazio pubblico sia un indicatore predittivo della visione della cultura dominante e delle sue dinamiche di potere.

 

Sexist insults in the urban linguistic landscape

This essay examines the phenomenon of sexist insults in the urban linguistic landscape of the provinces of Varese and Como, aiming to highlight its pragmatic, linguistic, and discursive characteristics. More specifically, the analysis of a corpus of 244 graffiti texts collected on city walls between 2021 and 2024 demonstrates how the sexist insult functions as a device for exclusion and delegitimization, reinforcing gender stereotypes and symbolic inequalities within the social space. The research, which integrates various levels of linguistic analysis, reveals that from a semantic perspective, hate speech is predominantly directed against women and the LGBTQIA+ community, primarily focusing on the categories of morality and anomie. A significant finding of the study is represented by the intersectionality of this hate discourse, where the sexist insult frequently overlaps with ethnic, religious, or political hate markers. Wall writings, including those aimed at public figures, act as an amplifier and a ground for the sedimentation of hierarchies and a patriarchal, binary, and stigmatizing vision of individual identities and society. Ultimately, the study confirms that hate speech in the public space is a predictive indicator of the dominant culture’s perspective and its inherent power dynamics.

 

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2025-12-19

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Nitti, P. (2025). GLI INSULTI SESSISTI NELLO SPAZIO LINGUISTICO URBANO . Italiano LinguaDue, 17(2), 1095–1108. https://doi.org/10.54103/2037-3597/30480

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LINGUISTICA E STORIA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA