Just because a woman’s work appears on the front page doesn’t mean that the constant psychological abuse she faces online doesn’t have offline effects. In fact, it’s the most high-profile women who receive inordinate abuse as a signal to others that their engagement is unwelcome.
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1369302899478716425
We detail this in #MalignCreativity: wilsoncenter.org/publication/ma…
Online gendered abuse is not just “mean tweets”- it often affects women’s offline safety. It affects our relationships. It affects what work we pursue. It affects whether other women get involved in public life.
Online gendered abuse is not just “mean tweets”- it often affects women’s offline safety. It affects our relationships. It affects what work we pursue. It affects whether other women get involved in public life.
In a @EmbaixadaEUA webinar with inspiring women journalists from Brazil yesterday, we described this as a form of violence.
I noted: just like I deserve to feel safe walking home at night the way a man does, I deserve to feel safe expressing my opinion online the way men do.
I noted: just like I deserve to feel safe walking home at night the way a man does, I deserve to feel safe expressing my opinion online the way men do.
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