# Should men and women recieve equal protection from online abuse?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-recieve-equal-protection-from-online-abuse/730390
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 8, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-recieve-equal-protection-from-online-abuse/730390 "2015-09-08T23:00:54Z")
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### Author:  [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-recieve-equal-protection-from-online-abuse/730390/21 "2015-09-16T01:15:01Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you but upon what do you base this assertion?
were you asleep for the whole gamergate thing?
plus, there’s this (yes, I know it’s Cracked, but they do link their sources… usually.)
> **[5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women: Update](https://www.cracked.com/article_19785_5-ways-modern-men-are-trained-to-hate-women.html)**
>
> Go to the front page of any mostly male discussion site like Reddit.com and see how many inches you can browse before finding several thousand men bemoaning how all women are gold-digging whores (7,500 upvotes) and how crazy and irrational women are...
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### Author:  [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-recieve-equal-protection-from-online-abuse/730390/22 "2015-09-25T18:44:14Z")
Recently UN has published a work on cyber violence against women.
Very soon all major Social Media Networks will enforce strict codes.
I understand that men will get much less protection, but I hope there will be some protection for everyone against online abuse.
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