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Uvalde school shooter had a history of threatening girls online

There Are No Girls on the Internet

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The Cost of Being a Woman on the Internet

A 20 21 pw research centre study found that experiences like harassment, violent threats and the like are really common for young people. 33 % of women under 35 say they've been sexually harassed on line. A law professor at the university of virginia said that women and girls often don't report threats of rape to law enforce or trusted adults because they've just been socialized to feel that they do not deserve safety and privacy on line. And i really get that. You know, what will be the point about talking about this kind of thing, or reporting it, if people are just going to ignore you or not take it seriously? Or you've just beenSocialized that receiving violent harassment

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