US EditionEmboldened 'manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election
- After the US election, there has been a "very large uptick in a number of types of misogynistic rhetoric," according to Isabelle Frances-Wright, director of technology and society at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
- Mary Ruth Ziegler stated that some phrases now transform iconic abortion rights slogans into an attack on women's rights and autonomy, feeling like a regression.
- Frances-Wright remarked that online misogyny quickly manifested in offline threats, showing how online discourse can have real-world impacts.
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Helena Independent Record
'Manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after election
An emboldened fringe of right-wing “manosphere” influencers has seized on Donald Trump’s presidential win to justify and amplify misogynistic derision and threats online.
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Independent EspañolIn the days following the presidential election, Sadie Perez began carrying pepper spray around the campus.
Online harassment reaches new heights as 'emboldened manosphere' emerges: report
In the days following Donald Trump's presidential victory, an alarming surge in misogynistic rhetoric and threats against women has emerged online and in real life, according to a report from the Associated Press. Dubbed the 'emboldened manosphere', the trend has left many women feeling unsafe and compelled to take protective measures.Sadie Perez, a 19-year-old political science student in Wisconsin profiled in AP's report, now carries pepper sp…
'Extremely Violent Misogyny' – Post-Election, Young Women Face Attacks Online, on Campus
FILE PHOTO: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo For many women, words from an emboldened fringe of “manosphere” influencers who have seized on Republican Donald Trump ’s presidential win to amplify misogynistic derision and threats online represent a worrying harbinger of what might lie ahead as some men perceive the e…
Since Trump's election victory, misogyny has apparently been increasing in the USA: Men unabashedly spread rape fantasies on the Internet. Some women fear increasing violence.
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