Why Women Aren’t Welcome On The Internet

It’s not okay.

WOMEN. HEALING. VIOLENCE.

By AMANDA HESS

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“Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day.” That’s what women are told. But these relentless messages are an assault on women’s careers, their psychological bandwidth, and their freedom to live online. We have been thinking about Internet harassment all wrong.

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2 thoughts on “Why Women Aren’t Welcome On The Internet”

  1. I can’t believe this. Why women can’t be safe even in the internet from those macho men. They think we are like a piece of furniture or even less.

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