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The reason they don't pick on men for being men is because they're male themselves. So they do care that she's female because it's something they aren't, and t
by wccrawford 10y ago
The reason they don't pick on men for being men is because they're male themselves. So they do care that she's female because it's something they aren't, and they can pick on her without picking on themselves.
This is true for all bullies and the people they bully, though, and not just women.
There are certainly women who look down on men and bully them for being men as well, but it doesn't seem to ever rise to this level of cruelty.
- tnone 10y agoNo they'll pick on men for being virgins, for being gay, for being cucked on, for being effeminate and weak, and so on. That's how you target masculinity, because masculinity is something men have to earn via proxy traits, whereas femininity is something to be lost. It's equally vicious, but it's not seen as equally cruel. And the idea that all trolls are male doesn't hold. Women are far more cruel to each other than men are to them. Somehow the Mean Girls of the internet never get considered.
- r_smart 10y agoWasn't there a large research project just done on twitter abuse that showed 1/2 of online harassers are women?