In a panel discussion following a Saturday screening of the film in New York, Sarkeesian — a San Francisco entrepreneur who with her team of four creates the video series Feminist Frequency — addressed possible responses to
the online abuse women face from gamers, ex-boyfriends and other venomous sources.
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Untold numbers of
women endure horrific threats and
abuse online.
Ansell expressed concern that
women in particular would be put off going into politics as result of the
abuse that is now frequently dished out
online.
Scarcely a
woman present did not have a tale to tell of
online abuse and of being silenced: going offline for an hour, a day, a week or two, because she could not endure any more.
She didn't harass
women online, or go through their Twitter archive to find things to
abuse them with.
Four
women have accused Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of physical
abuse, according to a New Yorker published
online Monday evening.
Ms Keates also raised the context in schools of this failure to protect
women teachers from
online abuse, highlighting that it is simply part of a much wider issue of gender inequality.
Attendees heard how
women and girls are increasingly facing
online sexist and misogynistic
abuse, which is impacting negatively on their self - esteem, feelings of self - worth, confidence and their mental and physical well - being.
Chris Keates told the fringe meeting how NASUWT's work over the past decade looking at
online abuse has exposed this increasing issue facing
women teachers and girls.
Learning about vital issues like sex, consent and emotional literacy is undoubtedly good for boys, but it's overwhelmingly girls and
women who are on the receiving end of
abuse and rape from men who've got their sex education from
online porn and not had consent explained and reinforced.
Among the policies announced this morning included rules on
online trolling and
abuse and a plea for government - funded childcare to be provided for all children at nine months old to help
women keep their careers on track.
Why would you carry on, especially — given the deep strain of misogyny in
online abuse — if you are a
woman?
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women, more vulnerable to
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