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stormkeeper_lovedoris) wrote2011-08-31 08:34 pm
stormkeeper_lovedoris) wrote2011-08-31 08:34 pm
Sexism
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.
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It's disgusting.
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Now, this may be fanning the flames, but the whole "mean website 1", etc is frustrating to me. Call them out. Don't protect their identity ESPECIALLY if devolves into death threats. If they're going to be assholes and felons, they should be painted on the wall with everything else. Don't let them be cowards and hide on the internet, call them out. Oh, and call the FBI, too.
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There's nothing to say that the author hasn't called the FBI or taken legal action; there's just no reason that she needs to talk about it online. The purpose of not naming the website is probably to ensure that they don't get attention or traffic--they are proud of what they have done and they don't need props or link backs from this woman's site.
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