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Showing Original Post only (View all)It's shameful and embarrassing that misogyny continues to be an issue on the Internet [View all]
Whether it be on this forum (supposedly a progressive, Democratic Party supporting forum), or anywhere else on the Internet (Facebook, Twitter, etc...take your pick).
Women make up half the human species, yet they are being effectively silenced online by openly hostile trolls who seethe with misogynistic contempt toward women (along with people of color, and members of the LGBT community, and anyone else who doesn't fit the trolls' normative perspective of power and privilege).
To the admins here, please, please, please deal with this issue by taking misogyny seriously. There are too many quality posters who have been driven off this forum because of it, for one thing. And for another...it's simply not acceptable behavior. Many people and groups-in the United States and around the world-have already begun to seriously move toward creating spaces that are more inclusive of women and other socially marginalized groups. This shouldn't be such a complicated or difficult thing to do for us here at DU.