Trolls drive Anita Sarkeesian out of her house to prove misogyny doesn’t exist

August 28 Comments Off on Trolls drive Anita Sarkeesian out of her house to prove misogyny doesn’t exist Category: Feed, Games, Tumblr

Trolls drive Anita Sarkeesian out of her house to prove misogyny doesn’t exist:

Earlier this week, feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian posted the latest in a series of crowdfunded videos called Tropes vs. Women, devoted to aggregating and analyzing games that portray women as…

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“Yep, female journalists were the only subjects that got trolled on and verbally abused more than…”

August 27 Comments Off on “Yep, female journalists were the only subjects that got trolled on and verbally abused more than…” Category: Feed, Journalism, Tumblr

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Yep, female journalists were the only subjects that got trolled on and verbally abused more than men.

More than 5 percent of all Twitter messages sent to female journalists are unfavorable, according to the study. In every other category of distinguished females, however, the number is much lower, at 1 in every 70 tweets.

Aside from being the target of Twitter attacks, female journalists are also the subject of high rates of sexual harassment in the workplace, are paid less than their male counterparts and are underrepresented on editorial boards and in opinion pages.

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– This Is Why Female Journalists Deserve More Respect.