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Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by gt_ on Thursday October 19, 2017 @04:55PM (#15511475)
>I'm not aware of this happening to guys.

Can you be more specific? Or do you mean this in a general sense? Because isn't this obvious ignorance if so?

Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by rukuu001 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @05:34PM (#15511730)
Apologies, I could have been more clear.

What I mean is that I haven't heard of guys receiving death, rape etc threats accompanied by doxxing (ie 'this is his address, let's go get him') at the levels I've heard about with women[0].

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by leereeves on Thursday October 19, 2017 @08:40PM (#15512734)
You haven't heard of it because the reporting and coverage is biased, not because it doesn't happen.

That's similar to the situation with sexual harassment, sexual assault, and domestic violence.

It's not that men aren't often the victims of these things (studies report that they are, at nearly the same rate as women[1, 2]). It's that men rarely report these things, and when they do, receive little sympathy, coverage, or justice.

1: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/04/male_...

2: http://domesticviolencestatistics.org/men-the-overlooked-vic...

Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by rukuu001 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @09:12PM (#15512881)
Thanks. Amazing stats in the Slate article. And the Adam Orth example in particular has strong parallels with high-profile examples of attacks on women.

Given the level of heat these discussions arouse, I understand the comments re modding in the item earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15507821

Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by leereeves on Thursday October 19, 2017 @09:17PM (#15512905)
Online discussion certainly does inspire bad behavior. Hacker News is the only place I know of where people who disagree can still have civil discussions.
Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by ElEmEnOhP on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:02PM (#15511909)
What does this have to do with gamergate? If you've never seen guy/gal on guy death threats/doxxing, then I'd say you're just being will fully ignorant.
Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by rukuu001 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @07:59PM (#15512565)
I can be ignorant without being wilful about it :) TBH, I avoid forums where that kind of thing goes on.

But what I'm doing here is drawing parallels between large groups of people self-organizing against a prominent, successful person.

Re:When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy by leereeves on Thursday October 19, 2017 @08:57PM (#15512813)
A few examples come immediately to mind: Adam Orth, Tim Hunt, donglegate, and shirtgate.

It's interesting that (except for Adam Orth) the men involved, who were factually the victims of massive harassment, were portrayed as the villains by most of the media for minor infractions of progressive political values.

Edit: Just found another, an electoral college member who received death threats for voting for Trump (as he was required to).

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/308226-elec...