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I think there are two reasonable positions that aren’t contradictory: 1) public figures should anticipate public attention; 2) women and other minorities recei

I think there are two reasonable positions that aren’t contradictory: 1) public figures should anticipate public attention; 2) women and other minorities receive order of magnitude more harassment online when they become public figures In this perception it seems reasonable to be a woman in public, anticipate more harassment, and operate in public appropriately. After all, she’s not legally obligated to open her replies (and people can qrt or screenshot if they want to engage).

fallingknife 5y ago
Do they actually? Has this been proven? I know that I'm just supposed to take any anecdotes about race and gender as unquestionable truth, but I just don't.
- pessimizer 5y ago
  If you really care, there are plenty of ways to research now that everyone has the internet. Next time you have this argument, you'll be armed with information.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
  You know thanks to your inquiry I did some cursory googling and while it seems women claim to receive about similar amounts of harassment, the nature of the harassment is generally much more focused and experienced as much more distressing than men (for example, women experience more sexual harassment and rape threats online, while men receive more generically offensive or insulting language). I guess in this case the adjustment can be that women can anticipate more rape threats and sexual harassment and act appropriately. Thanks for pushing me to do some more research about it.
deadbeeves 5y ago
>she’s not legally obligated to open her replies Obviously not. I'm not talking about what's legal or illegal, I'm talking about being courteous by engaging with other's responses to you. Yes, some people will not be courteous back, but by disabling the ability to reply you're shutting everyone out.
- wh313 5y ago
  You can always send a rebuttal to a relevant journal
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
  People can quote retweet or screenshot if they want to engage. This isn’t a locked account or one that has most of Twitter blocked or something, so they’re clearly not shutting everyone out.

fallingknife 5y ago

Do they actually? Has this been proven? I know that I'm just supposed to take any anecdotes about race and gender as unquestionable truth, but I just don't.

pessimizer 5y ago
If you really care, there are plenty of ways to research now that everyone has the internet. Next time you have this argument, you'll be armed with information.
SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
You know thanks to your inquiry I did some cursory googling and while it seems women claim to receive about similar amounts of harassment, the nature of the harassment is generally much more focused and experienced as much more distressing than men (for example, women experience more sexual harassment and rape threats online, while men receive more generically offensive or insulting language). I guess in this case the adjustment can be that women can anticipate more rape threats and sexual harassment and act appropriately. Thanks for pushing me to do some more research about it.

deadbeeves 5y ago

>she’s not legally obligated to open her replies Obviously not. I'm not talking about what's legal or illegal, I'm talking about being courteous by engaging with other's responses to you. Yes, some people will not be courteous back, but by disabling the ability to reply you're shutting everyone out.

wh313 5y ago
You can always send a rebuttal to a relevant journal
SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
People can quote retweet or screenshot if they want to engage. This isn’t a locked account or one that has most of Twitter blocked or something, so they’re clearly not shutting everyone out.