This Is What the Harassment and Abuse of Women on the Internet Looks Like, Part II
All week we're running personal stories from Pacific Standard readers in response to Amanda Hess' cover story, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet."
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This Is What the Harassment and Abuse of Women on the Internet Looks Like, Part I
All week we're running personal stories from Pacific Standard readers in response to Amanda Hess' cover story, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet."
Why Women Aren’t Welcome on the Internet
"Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day." That's what women are told. But these relentless messages are an assault on women's careers, their psychological bandwidth, and their freedom to live online. We have been thinking about Internet harassment all wrong.
The Next Civil Rights Frontier: Have You Been Harassed Online?
In the January/February issue of Pacific Standard, Amanda Hess writes about the vile threats and abusive comments that are lobbed at women online every day. Have you experienced harassment on the Internet?
Why the Oscars Should Be Segregated by Gender
Awards shows are great for women in Hollywood, but they can still do much more.
When Cowboys Wore Pink
Up until the 1950s, pink was often considered a strong color and worn by both men and women.
Gender Equality Increases by 1 Percent in California
Despite some recent high-profile hirings, the gender balance in high-level business positions hasn't changed much.
The Original Cat Ladies
How—and why—cats were so often used to portray suffragettes as silly, infantile, incompetent, and ill-suited to political engagement during the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
Born With Ambiguous Genitalia
The biggest issue is not surgery, nor hormonal treatments, nor even the criminal lack of psychological support. The biggest issue is shame, and how no one deals with it in a way that lets people know there is nothing to be ashamed of.