“Low level” sexual harassment must be addressed to avoid escalation into criminal abuse”
The erasure of men’s violence in a victim blaming culture.
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How to talk to a woman wearing headphones – on toxic masculinity and rape culture.
Male entitlement to women’s time and attention is rape cutlture.
John Nimmo is not a ‘troll’: Defining male violence online
John Nimmo has been charged with sending “a message causing anxiety or distress” at the South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court. The charges stem from multiple emails sent to Luciana Berger, the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree. One email allegedly included this statement: “she is going to get it like Jo Cox did”. Nimmo has been remanded […]
#PeepleApp puts actual people at risk of harassment, abuse, stalking and violence.
We woke up this morning to a Twitter feed full of women raising serious concerns about a new app called Peeple, which gives you the opportunity to rate people from 1-5 and write reviews. If this weren’t concerning enough when considering cyberbullying, users can upload profiles for other people using their mobile number. The owner […]
The Chivalrous Violation of Women’s Bodies by @WomenCanSee
The Chivalrous Violation of Women’s Bodies by @WomenCanSee If women don’t want to be grabbed, pulled, & kissed, we should avoid the company of gentleman. It is a gentleman’s right to display “chivalrous” drunken behaviour: • moving to sit closely right behind the only other bus passenger- a woman…chivalry!; • leaning over her shoulder so […]
We’ve reported @ fucktyler for inciting harassment and threats of violence.
The feminist campaign Collective Shout have been campaigning to have the Australian government deny a visa to rapper Tyler, The Creator whose misogynistic lyrics advocate rape and the abuse of women. Yesterday, Tyler tweeted out this message: Since then Coralie Alison, director of Collective Shout, has received a barrage of abusive, threatening tweets which constitute […]
Mark Zuckerberg: Supporting male violence through the “legal name” policy
It takes a certain sort of low to co-opt violence against women as means to increase an already pretty immense personal fortune. Step forward Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, and immoveable defender of Facebook’s “real names” policy. As issue, this may not have crossed your radar. However, it has been steadily gaining momentum since early 2014, […]
#AskELJames Excusing Male Violence
We believe that the 50 Shades of Grey series glamourise and excuse male violence, including, but not limited to, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, harassment and stalking.
Katie Hopkins makes rape threat.
This is Katie Hopkins’ response to Laurie Penny having the unmitigated gall to express an opinion on Twitter.: This is very clearly a rape threat. It is not just a threat directed at Laurie Penny – but at every single woman who has opinions. It is the language of misogyny created to silence women […]
Consensual v Non-consensual Porn
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2015/jan/21/naked-pictures-this-is-what-i-did-revenge-porn-emma-holten-video Thought this to be an interesting article on how one woman, Emma Holten, decided to reclaim control from those who would attempt to erode her self-worth both as a woman and as a human being. Not sure of her methods, and maybe this is playing right into the hands of those (men) who suggest […]