An internet truth regarding sexist/misogynist comments [View all]

[boston bean]

The questioning and confronting the behaviors/comments is the offense, not the sexist/misogynist comment.

In other words, the victim of the attack becomes the offender, and the true offender becomes the victim.

This is sick and twisted thinking. Why do people, in this case women on the internet who often subscribe by paying a fee to these services, have to be the ones to put up with this? The common suggestion is to ignore it, don't respond. Think about it..... that is just twisted. That is squelching the speech of women who object. Why does the internet have to remain a sexist/misogynistic cess pool? Why is that so damned important. Why is it more important than women having any voice at all?

Women are 51% of US population, and we demand that something start to be done about this across the web. We aren't asking you to squelch free speech. We are asking owners of these private websites to respond to the needs and wants a large portion of their paying customers are asking for. Women do not want to be inundated with sexist/misogynist comments under the guise of free speech.

Internet owners are squelching the free speech of large swaths of women by allowing sexist/misogynist comments.

Think about it.

And women, start demanding it be addressed in places you visit on the web. Yeah, you'll be attacked, maligned, comment stalked, and have your internet experience ruined. But it's for a larger cause. SPEAK UP!