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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Replying to @HPluckrose @CathyYoung63
Particularly interesting that whilst women were more that twice as likely to report being very upset, no gap in negative life impacts.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @CathyYoung63
I wonder if 'upset feelings' could be measured objectively, how much difference there would be. Probably some.
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But how much comes down to a gendered difference in willingness to admit to feeling upset? Even to oneself.
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Requiring men to be better at toughing it out, while women are just more traumatized by the same phenomenon, is hardly flattering to women.
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How much is required & how much is an innate gender difference? Do we require men not to show distress or women to amplify it?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @CathyYoung63
1/2 I’m not using ‘require’ in a social constructivist sense (I generally don’t). But female mate preference/male status acquisition selects
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2/2 for ‘tougher’ males? Male mate preference/female support networking selects for vulnerable females? Intrasexual competition again.
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Yes, we agree then. This does underlie much of the difference.
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