Twitter Abuse - '50% of Misogynistic Tweets From Women'

BBC ^ | 26 May 2016

[nickcarraway]

Half of all misogynistic tweets posted on Twitter come from women, a study suggests.

Over a three-week period, think tank counted the number of uses of two particular words as indicators of misogyny.

It found evidence of large-scale misogyny, with 6,500 unique users targeted by 10,000 abusive tweets in the UK alone.

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has said that tackling abuse is a priority.

The research comes as UK MPs - Yvette Cooper, Maria Miller, Stella Creasy, Jess Philips - alongside former Liberal Democrat minister Jo Swinson, launch their Reclaim the Internet campaign, in response to growing public concern about the impact of hate speech and abuse on social media.

[BenLurkin]

Women?

Catty?

No way.

[nickcarraway]

Misogynistic tweet!

[Tallguy]

Ding-ding... (there’s one!) But who’s counting?

[Albion Wilde]

The words were “slut” and “whore”.

[Mr. Mojo]

The campaign has opened an online forum to discuss ways to make the internet less aggressive, sexist, racist and homophobic.

Nothing can be done -- uppity rag heads, homos, and harpies will always be with us, alas.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Yvette Cooper is among five female MPs launching the Reclaim the Internet campaign

The Internet never belonged to you, Yvonne.

You just want to shut everybody up that you disagree with.

Totalitarians believe they are the center of the universe and everyone should therefore obey them.

[lurk]

Some of the most fearfully brutal people in history were women. They may have less muscle mass, but they have skills.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

:-D

[BenLurkin]

[miss marmelstein]

Yvette sounds like a slut.

[Bryanw92]

And probably 99% of all misandrous posts are also from women.

[Vaquero]

Everyone is racist. Everyone is sexist.

Get over it.

[dsrtsage]

Misogyny? That is a very big word for a girl

[redfreedom]

It’s been like that ever since I can remember. Women are more apt to get into a rivalry with another woman than with a man, or a man getting into a rivalry with another man.

And it can be over anything.

My dad used to say a woman will do some of the lowest dirtiest things to get back at someone. And my life’s experiences prove it.

It has been said women are more emotional than men, that would likely account for it. To back this idea up, libs are more emotional than conservatives, and fight dirty.

[moovova]

I pay good money to get women to talk dirty to me.

[redfreedom]

Now let’s say you do not feel good, and want to throw up but just can’t.

Well, go back to the picture you posted and imagine that pair kissing. Or a guy, or an animal or whatever kissing that thing.

[trisham]

Please. The proper, PC word is “tramp”.

[MeganC]

I’m not a misogynist. I just don’t like bitches, shrews, harpies, douchebags, dykes, rug munchers, Princesses, & etc.

It’s only misogynistic if those terms are inaccurate.

[miss marmelstein]

LOL. Are ya slut-shamin’ me, doggarnit?!