Mary Beard voiced an opinion...  (275 Posts) AbigailAdams Mon
21-Jan-13 13:53:16  ... and received vicious misogynistic
remarks as a reward.  Just in case anyone was in any doubt that
women were targetted, specifically because of their sex. Mary
Beard was recently on Question Time. She has experienced a
horrible backlash for this. Mainly focussed around her sex and
her looks, rather than what she said. Also not just her, her
children as well.  Mary's hellish misogynistic internet
experience  She is not alone. There really is a special type of
wrath and insults saved for women. It is desgined to silence us.
And this is really just a continutation on from Beachcomber's
thread on women's voices being drowned (and kim's thread on MN
and misogyny). It really doesn't matter about the subject
matter, women aren't supposed to have opinions. Unless they of
course they uphold the patriarchy.  It also raises questions
about keeping anonymity, when speaking out. We shouldn't have to
but when you are threatened with "we k