Thread by @VABVOX

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If you're a man home alone on a Saturday night & your first urge is not to read a book or watch a movie, but to troll women on Twitter and harass them, you need therapy. You have problems with women and that's a sickness that could harm women. Please seek help.
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I have written hundreds of articles over the years on male violence and it always starts with men demeaning women, abusing them verbally and attempting to intimidate them. The escalation to violence is swift.
I did this investigation a few months ago:
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damemagazine.com/2018/10/18/is-…

Men terrorizing women because they are often bigger, stronger, more (statistically) prone to violence is the most common of felonies. It's vital that men who are NOT violent check their men friends who exhibit those signs. You could stop a tragedy.
web.stanford.edu/group/maan/cgi…
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As a survivor of male violence that almost killed me, I am acutely aware of the permanent damage it wreaks. You guys on here who think sending women violent messages like I have gotten tonight and last night is ok are sick and need help. It's not normative to do this behavior.
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Your behavior is being charted globally by both the WHO and Amnesty International--that's how dangerous your behavior toward women is perceived to be.
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amnesty.org/en/latest/rese…

Engaging in these attacks--particularly on WOC, ##disabled women and LBTQ women--or high fiving the guys who do it could be a sign of criminality or a sign of mental illness. It is dangerous and unacceptable.
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017…
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My experience as a woman journalist is not unique. Here's a 51pp report on it. I'm one of many respondents.
You're harming women, you're repressing our ability to do our jobs.

Attacks and Harassment
The Impact on Female Journalists and Their Reporting
iwmf.org/wp-content/upl…
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