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Apologies, I could have been more clear. What I mean is that I haven't heard of guys receiving death, rape etc threats accompanied by doxxing (ie 'this is his
by rukuu001 9y ago
Apologies, I could have been more clear.
What I mean is that I haven't heard of guys receiving death, rape etc threats accompanied by doxxing (ie 'this is his address, let's go get him') at the levels I've heard about with women[0].
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy
- ElEmEnOhP 9y agoWhat does this have to do with gamergate? If you've never seen guy/gal on guy death threats/doxxing, then I'd say you're just being will fully ignorant.
- rukuu001 9y agoI can be ignorant without being wilful about it :) TBH, I avoid forums where that kind of thing goes on. But what I'm doing here is drawing parallels between large groups of people self-organizing against a prominent, successful person.
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- leereeves 9y agoA few examples come immediately to mind: Adam Orth, Tim Hunt, donglegate, and shirtgate. It's interesting that (except for Adam Orth) the men involved, who were factually the victims of massive harassment, were portrayed as the villains by most of the media for minor infractions of progressive political values. Edit: Just found another, an electoral college member who received death threats for voting for Trump (as he was required to). http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/308226-electoral-college-voter-gets-death-threats-over-vote http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/308226-elec...
- leereeves 9y agoYou haven't heard of it because the reporting and coverage is biased, not because it doesn't happen. That's similar to the situation with sexual harassment, sexual assault, and domestic violence. It's not that men aren't often the victims of these things (studies report that they are, at nearly the same rate as women[1, 2]). It's that men rarely report these things, and when they do, receive little sympathy, coverage, or justice. 1: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/04/male_rape_in_america_a_new_study_reveals_that_men_are_sexually_assaulted.html http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/04/male_... 2: http://domesticviolencestatistics.org/men-the-overlooked-victims-of-domestic-violence/ http://domesticviolencestatistics.org/men-the-overlooked-vic...
- rukuu001 9y agoThanks. Amazing stats in the Slate article. And the Adam Orth example in particular has strong parallels with high-profile examples of attacks on women. Given the level of heat these discussions arouse, I understand the comments re modding in the item earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15507821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15507821
- leereeves 9y agoOnline discussion certainly does inspire bad behavior. Hacker News is the only place I know of where people who disagree can still have civil discussions.