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I'm not quite so convinced, to be honest.
I think that is more of a problem with the pseudo-anonymous nature of social media. Like all good keyboard warriors, these people are not making these comments to their faces and, like all good keyboard warriors, they'll keep doing it if they think they're getting a reaction. I think the likes of Caitlin Moran or Susie Boniface constantly retweeting the abuse they get is far more of a problem as it's giving these keyboard warriors attention they could otherwise only dream about.
The rape comments are really not so very different from a toddler with ADHD twatting the cat with a cushion because you're ignoring it. If you continue to ignore it then it'll stop; if you indulge it then it'll carry on as a way of getting attention.
The rape comments and the misogynistic abuse is foul, but I'm not sure the root cause is inherent misogyny so much as inherent stupidity.
I think twitter should pull their socks up, I think the police should probably be more active at warning people on there and finally and importantly people should be made aware twitter isn't a safe place. Moderated forums such as this one are far better for putting your political views out there.
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However the study pointed out that the vast majority of porn isn't violent, really it's the real wifebeater esque stuff that fires these 'potentially violent' types up.
The more recent study / literature review I glanced at yesterday said that there has been no evidence that violent crimes against women have any correlation with violent pornography. Hence in a lab setting this effect may exist but the chances are that it does occur in real life.
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That's a different ball game, though, and people who do that should be spending a long time in prison. That's not trolling. That's stalking.
And this is part of the problem. Anything between publishing someone's home address and threatening to kill them and saying they have a smelly vagina is classed as "trolling", and people seem unwilling or unable to understand the difference between the ends of the spectrum. For most abuse the block button is the best way of dealing with it, rather than the Susie Boniface "let's retweet it to everyone to show how awful my life is" school of thought. For stalking, it isn't.
People who are harassing and stalking need punishing, and severely. But instead the police seem intent on arresting people and jailing them for making tasteless jokes about footballers.
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Do you have a link to these studies please?
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I think most people would usually only be repeatedly exposed to a type of porn if they already liked it. I can't imagine many people not into BDSM, say, looking at the more hardcore BDSM websites and sticking around for long.
Sure the porn is a big thing but it's so much bigger than that.