Months later, the woman who spoke these four words is still dealing with cyber-harassment including rape and death threats
cyberbullying
Not just ‘trolls’ stirring the pot: these bullies intend to silence through intimidation
Some of this bloke’s friends will be defending him right now
Man admits to elaborate online stalking campaign against girlfriend: will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty at Southampton magistrates’ court on Monday to a charge of causing harassment, alarm or distress.
Where are the women political bloggers? redux
None of the various proposals to ameliorate these well-documented patterns of hostility and condescension online address the basic disconnect that is rooted in persistent gender stereotypes: that what many women see as being fundamentally political issues are simply not acknowledged as part of “politics” by the mainstream – they’re supposedly just personal problems.
On A Woman Choosing Not To Date A Geek
[TW for violently abusive language towards a woman] For those who haven’t come across this story, it starts when a man and a woman in New York came across each other on the OKCupid dating website and went out twice, were each less than enthralled with the other, and moved on. So far, so ordinary.
More Elevatorgate: cornering, uncongeniality and warning flags
Ironically, no one hates high pressure sales tactics more than skeptics. We can’t stand it when a sales associate gets in our face and uses cheap psychological tricks to try to make us buy stuff we don’t want. We take it as an insult to our intelligence. We resent it.
Bye bye Dawkins: a voice from the past
How very disappointing, but sadly not surprising, that he turned out be such a smug, patronising git about more than just religious beliefs.
How I minimise the online abuse I receive
So here is an assortment of technical tips & tricks whereby bloggers can cut down the volume and the repetition coming from this cyberbullying cadre of keyboard jockeys, making the harassment little more than a tiny hiss of background noise instead of an overwhelming flood of spite.
Cyberstalking: throw the book at him
I definitely approve of a high-profile case which should clarify the public understanding of the range of behaviours that qualify as stalking.
Femmostroppo Reader – March 25, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
More outrage over sex ed for youngsters: The Hormone Factory
Ostrich parents in Queensland are said to be up in arms today about a sex education website aimed at Grade 7 students. The site, thehormonefactory.com (warning:website sound), contains a selection of pubertal anatomy and physiology, basic sex information, talk about… Read More ›
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