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Re:Why must we hate the things teen girls love? (2018) by macintux on Saturday March 06, 2021 @10:22AM (#26367962)
> This would be similar to the finding that while men tend to be harassed on social media at least as much as women...

You lost me there. Setting aside the current political nightmare the U.S. finds itself in, men are not generally subject to death and rape threats like women online. The clothes men wear on TV are not subject to the same constant criticism that women wear. Men who vent frustration on Twitter are not forced to bow out of contention for a Cabinet position like women are.

Re:Why must we hate the things teen girls love? (2018) by cableshaft on Saturday March 06, 2021 @10:42AM (#26368127)
Ever played a video game online? The death threats I've received from that alone probably number in the dozens by now, for the crime of not playing perfectly in a match.

I've also been told several times that I should be killed or to kill myself because someone didn't enjoy a video game I made and put out into the world (for free).

While I'd agree with your premise overall, online anonymity allows for many a death threat to be thrown out there often and casually by jackasses and kids who don't care how they hurt others.

Re:Why must we hate the things teen girls love? (2018) by ben_w on Saturday March 06, 2021 @10:55AM (#26368210)
All true; the exceptions are the rarity.

It is also true that men are more likely to commit suicide, and that suicide is twice as common in the US as murder and non-negligent manslaughter. And also true that the ratio reverses for attempts.

I don’t have solutions, FWIW; unlike the Douglas Adams quip about a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth [0], I have no idea how to make the world a good and happy place.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/79195-and-then-one-thursday...