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Cyberfeminism is a term coined in 1994 by Sadie Plant, director of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit at the University of Warwick in Britain, to describe the work of feminists interested in theorizing, critiquing, and exploiting the Internet, cyberspace, and new-media technologies in general. The term and movement grew out of “third-wave” feminism, the contemporary feminist movement that follows the “second-wave” feminism of the 1970s, which focused on equal rights for women, and which itself followed the “first-wave” feminism of the early 20th century, which concentrated on woman suffrage. Cyberfeminism has tended to include mostly younger, technologically savvy women, and those from Western, white, middle-class backgrounds. The ranks of cyberfeminists are growing, however, and along with this increase is a growing divergence of ideas about what constitutes cyberfeminist thought and action.  Prior to the advent of cyberfeminism, feminist study of technology tended to examine te...

                                                           Acrophobia, or Fear of Heights Symptoms    Causes        Diagnosis           Treatment           Takeaway Acrophobia describes an intense fear of heights that can cause significant anxiety and panic.  Trusted Source   Some research  suggests acrophobia may be one of the most common phobias. It’s not unusual to feel some discomfort in high places. For example, you might feel dizzy or nervous when looking down from the top floor of a skyscraper. But these feelings may not cause panic or prompt you to avoid heights altogether.  If you have acrophobia, even thinking about crossing a bridge or seeing a photograph of a mountain and surrounding valley...