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Re:Speaking up by MacsHeadroom on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @02:17AM (#5169590)
>she is a target because she is a woman

We don't know that. This is an assumption made with no meaningful evidence.

Re:Speaking up by _Simon on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @05:57AM (#5170068)
Not really. That this doesn't happen to men with the same frequency or degree of severity is enough of a smoking gun to suggest that this is indeed the case.
Re:Speaking up by Confusion on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @06:32AM (#5175873)
How do you know that it doesn't happen to men with the same frequency or degree of severity? The internet is littered with reports of/by men being stalked, harassed and slandered.
Re:Speaking up by moe on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @04:45PM (#5173448)
smoking gun

I don't think that means what you think it means.

Re:Speaking up by _Simon on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @05:20PM (#5173675)
Smoking gun is "...a reference to an object or fact that serves as conclusive evidence of a crime or similar act."

I'm suggesting that these sort of attacks on men are extremely limited is enough evidence to suggest the perpetrator is likely to be sexist and/or a mysoginist, which is pretty much the definition of a smoking gun as illustrated.

Re:Speaking up by moe on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @07:04PM (#5174147)
Think about where the term literally stems from. A smoking gun may tell who did something and what he did. I have trouble imagining a gun (smoking or not) explain why he did it.
Re:Speaking up by _Simon on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @01:18PM (#5177909)
fact that serves as conclusive evidence of a crime or similar act...

The fact that I'm asserting is that men do not suffer these kinds of attacks suggest the individual was motivated by sexism. I can't say anymore other than to say that you are wrong. I don't think it means what you clearly think it means. Sorry, no snark intended.