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When and why did attacking women become normal?

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RHTawneyonabus · 15/08/2020 21:25

www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/aug/11/tory-sleaze-once-caused-outrage-why-arent-we-up-in-arms-now Hadley nails it yet again. Why don’t we care about this stuff anymore? We used to. Is respecting women’s autonomy seen as some sort of boring historical family values thing now we are all so much more sophisticated and sexually liberated?

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SentientAndCognisant · 15/08/2020 22:11

I agree it’s Become normal. Unfortunately it’s been a forever phenomenon
Women have been pilloried, demonised,seen as duplicitous & dangerous for thousands of years
The Torah has Lilith
The bible has Eve

Social media has made it easier on an industrial level to systematically attack women. Abuse that routinely uses sexual Language, rape as threat. Routinely inciting others to pile in too

The abuse Diane Abbott receives is appalling