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This blog post creeped me out, and parts of it rang so true. The writer tells about how she was attacked online, and especially....
"The comments...got a little out of control, and people said some Not Very Nice Things. Because I am a woman, naturally these Not Very Nice Things quickly degenerated into attacking my sexuality, my sexual organs, and my ability as a wife and mother.
This is a well-worn path when attacking women online. We are not attacked based on our success, but on our suitability for sexual intercourse."
That really sums up how society too often sees women, and how easily femaleness gets attacked. Dislike a woman? Attack her for being too pretty, not pretty enough, too ambitious for a woman, not ambitious enough, call her a bitch, a dyke, a bad mother, a slut, can't-get-a-man, on and on and on.
Full article here.
"The comments...got a little out of control, and people said some Not Very Nice Things. Because I am a woman, naturally these Not Very Nice Things quickly degenerated into attacking my sexuality, my sexual organs, and my ability as a wife and mother.
This is a well-worn path when attacking women online. We are not attacked based on our success, but on our suitability for sexual intercourse."
That really sums up how society too often sees women, and how easily femaleness gets attacked. Dislike a woman? Attack her for being too pretty, not pretty enough, too ambitious for a woman, not ambitious enough, call her a bitch, a dyke, a bad mother, a slut, can't-get-a-man, on and on and on.
Full article here.
