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Sexual harassment is rife online

Sexual harassment is rife online. No wonder women swap gender

Article from BBTV that talks about how women gender-swap online more so than men. The article also outlines some of the harassment women are subjected to online.

Female gamers are used to putting up with sexist claptrap - both from the companies that design games and other players. So a study by psychologists at Nottingham Trent University showing that 70% of them chose to construct male characters when given the option by online games, should come as no surprise.

Nothing has really changed since I started researching women & the internet in 1995; still a lot of chilly virtual spaces for women.

posted by Netwoman @ 5:32 PM