Women's Rights & Issues

bucolic_frolic

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1. Threats online have been going on for more than 20 years

Sun May 29, 2022, 09:29 AM

May 2022

The threat is on the internet, and needs specificity to become a local law enforcement problem. There is a disconnect between threats and the response to investigate, and people fear reporting threats. For most people in most instances, encountering a bully translates to the best move is to slink away for fear of reprisal.

A system of reporting, investigation, and sanctions - accountability, fines, visits from LE, discussions with parents - is needed.

With freedom comes responsibility is not very relevant anymore.

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Before massacre, Uvalde gunman frequently threatened teen girls online [View all] Diamond_Dog May 2022 OP

Threats online have been going on for more than 20 years bucolic_frolic May 2022 #1

Issues with women is a common thread to most of these shooters. Scrivener7 May 2022 #2

Getting away with so much likely further emboldened him. JudyM May 2022 #3

We're still a sexist, misogynistic nation, too. Claire Oh Nette May 2022 #4

Thank you so much fo bringing this here. Like you, I have no solutions. The environment niyad May 2022 #5

Parents need to teach boys to respect women Diamond_Dog May 2022 #6