jan 1, 2000 - Jenny Scholten and Nicki Blaze (2000) coin the term ‘digital cleavage’

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Jenny Scholten and Nicki Blaze (2000) … coining the term ‘digital cleavage’ to refer to a gender-specific version of the more frequently remarked upon ‘digital divide’ (the class-based gap in access to high technology).

Despite the broader structural trend which situates women of most social classes on the wrong side of the ‘digital cleavage’, the internet has reshaped predominant patterns of sexual commerce in ways that many middle-class sex workers have been able to benefit from. (Bernstein, 2007: 479).

Bernstein, E. (2007). Sex Work for the Middle Classes. Sexualities, 10(4), 473-488.

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