Men as Likely to be Harassed Online as Women. Gender differences most profound in perception &attitude @CathyYoung63http://reason.com/archives/2017/07/18/men-as-likely-to-be-harassed-online-as-w/ …
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I see it used to include angry as well as tearful, shaken, sad, distressed more in the US. And it is a US study.
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But if we see the sentence 'The way s/he spoke to me really upset me', do we imagine this to be more likely to come from a man or a woman?
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In my experience, it would be much more likely to be a woman whilst a man more likely to choose 'tougher' words. Pissed me off. Got to me.
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I'm certainly concerned about current feminist 'victim' narratives but doubt this difference primarily a feminism-induced cultural construct
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Which is not to say that we should promote the idea that women are less able to deal with words online & should be protected from them.
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Women are also known to cry more & suffer from depression more. Yet men are more likely to commit suicide. Early stages of research suggest
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that crying is a very useful tool to deal better with negative emotions. Emotional tears seem to contain different chemical make-up.
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Could be that women have more negative emotions, but also better equipped to deal with them & not in as much need of protection as ppl think
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People in the UK have emotions that aren't related to tea?
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It has been known.
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TIL: I'm an anarchist.
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It's true. I met Ian once & we went to a cafe that served tea & he didn't have tea. I've looked at him like this ever since.pic.twitter.com/7DHuIfli8y
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I feel the same since I learnt you don't like curry sauce on chips.
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Get back up north. We don't tolerate your type around here. :-p
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