Author of book about victim blaming bombarded with misogynist abuse

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Guardian article:

www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/24/author-book-victim-blaming-misogynist-abuse-jessica-taylor

Anyone surprised by this hasn't been paying attention for the last few years at least.

It's absolutely awful. 2000 fucking accounts!?

The police need to set up a team to track these men and arrest them.

I love that woman and I'm going to buy her book.

However the Guardian has done its bit to perpetuate the environment which allows MRAs /TRAs to keep threatening women who refuse to centre men. They could have been a champion of women's rights, providing some of the the education that younger people are missing and galvanising much needed support.

It will be interesting to see if /what the police do.

The men sending these threats are committing a crime and should be treated accordingly. I wonder how many are based in the UK and therefore able to be tracked by police here. Misogyny certainly seems to be an international hobby for certain men.

If the Guardian cared about the abuse that women face online maybe they'd think twice about celebrating Owen Jones, a man who seems to find a special satisfaction in telling women they are "vile terfs" and encouraging Twitter pile-ons.

It's incredibly sad to hear Jessica is going through this, although as a PP said - unfortunately not surprising.

The police need to set up a team to track these men and arrest them.

I'll not hold my breath

Some of the men who harassed her are now blaming her on twitter for not making it clear enough that the book is about rape and abuse so they wouldn't now be embarrassed about harassing her.
Wankers.

Whaaa...

So blokes set up 2000 accounts to Target abuse and threaten the author of a book called "why women are blamed for everything" and then.... Blame her for it.

Qcng

You couldn't make it up, could you. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic

Please look at #IWasBlamed on Twitter. It's harrowing but important

Owen Jones is the reason why so many of my friends have cancelled their Guardian subscription.