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Study says half of all misogynistic tweets are from women

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grimbletart · 26/05/2016 12:23

BBC report

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36380247

If that research stacks up (if) how depressing is that? It says men needn't tax themselves being misogynistic as there are plenty of handmaidens to do it for them Sad

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EElisavetaOfBelsornia · 26/05/2016 12:51

I didn't read 'support' like that, Glitter, and I reserve the right to vote for a Kinnock over a Thatcher. I saw it more as helping other women at work, in social situations - making the sisterhood a reality. Not criticising clothes choices, appearance, decisions to SAHM or WOHM, that sort of thing. and supporting female contestants on Masterchef, go Jane!

GlitteryPomPoms · 26/05/2016 12:47

Someone on here once said that the most powerfully feminist action you can do is to support other women

See, I'm always quite confused by this. To me, this implies that we should support other women just because they are women regardless of whether or not we agree with their actions or decisions. I don't really agree with this but I think I might be reading 'support other women' very naively.

EElisavetaOfBelsornia · 26/05/2016 12:41

It happens on here too - not FWR usually but lots of other boards.

Someone on here once said that the most powerfully feminist action you can do is to support other women, and that has stuck with me. I try to do this, but I do think some elements of misogyny get internalised.

BaronessEllaSaturday · 26/05/2016 12:35

Doesn't surprise me at all after something I saw that came up on my facebook the other day. It was about women wearing ripped jeans or shorts and the comments insulting women for doing it were pretty much 50/50 men and women, the women were using comments such as sluts and that they needed to get some self respect. One idiot (woman) even went as far as to say men couldn't be blamed for ogling as it was only natural to them.

GlitteryPomPoms · 26/05/2016 12:31

This really doesn't surprise me at all. Most of the women I know outside of work (I'm an academic so lots of feminists around) are what I would call misogynistic if they were men.

Women's misogynistic attitudes are often minimised (by the women themselves or by society) by being described as 'old fashioned' or 'traditional'. I have real issues with these labels as they not only minimise the offensive and damaging attitudes but actually make them seem rather quaint and lovely.

FirstShinyRobe · 26/05/2016 12:24

Depends on how they are defining women, though.