[phoenix101]

Not sure if this would be of general interest, little/nothing that hasn't already touched upon here.

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/09/22/cyb...xaggerated

(For some reason I can access this in Internet Explorer but not Chrome. Edit: Nevermind can access in Chrome now.)

Quote:

A more recent Pew study, released last November, found that 44% of men and 37% of women reported experiencing some kind of online abuse. While much of this abuse was in the mildest category of name-calling, more men than women (10% versus 6%) said they had been physically threatened online. More women (9%, compared to 6% of men) reported being sexually harassed; more women also reported being stalked, though women and men were equally likely to experience persistent harassment.

The reaction? Many media outlets singled out those areas where women reported more abuse to spin the Pew study as showing that women have it worst—while dismissing abuse toward men as mere name-calling.

Yes, the Internet can be a nasty place—for everyone. But the skewed narrative of misogynist harassment is a damsel-in-distress trope in feminist clothing.

It perpetuates the very stereotypes of women that feminists once sought to shatter—delicate, fragile, and too timid for the rough-and-tumble of the public square—while denying sympathy to men who experience abuse.

Alarmingly, this narrative also uses broad definitions that sometimes equate unwanted argument, harsh criticism, or ridicule with harassment.