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The insidious effects of trolling women on the TV and radio in the UK

Published on: 1 August 2013

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Somehow society must come to terms with this problem and start thinking of ways to address it. It doesn't only...
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Chauvinism on social media

Published on: 1 August 2013

Written by: Martin Belam All articles by Martin Belam

Operating a spoof Twitter account during BBC Question Time gave me a glimpse of the level of misogyny that women in...
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Misogyny and Twitter - confusing cause with medium

Published on: 1 August 2013

Written by: Aaron Bastani All articles by Aaron Bastani

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Despite the lazy characterisations of much mainstream media, misogyny is not created by new technologies and it will...

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