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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: From being burned at the stake to digital abuse, it’s not you. It’s the patriarchy (Rebroadcast)
Description: This is a rebroadcast of an episode first aired on December 2, 2020. Social media harassment is about more than words. It is violence and it is dangerous. We’ve witnessed a lot of ugliness during these polarizing and pandemic times, and a lot of it has been directed at women, particularly women of colour. As cyber misogyny has increased steadily, so have challenges to the notion that women’s online harassment is a matter of specific and particular concern. But in fact, ramifications impact everyone and the facts are black and white. Women are harassed more than men and t...