Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers - washingtonpost.com

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tracy — Mon, 04/30/2007 - 17:31

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A female freelance writer who blogged about the pornography industry was threatened with rape. A single mother who blogged about "the daily ins and outs of being a mom" was threatened by a cyber-stalker who claimed that she beat her son and that he had her under surveillance. ...

I frequent a number of social networking sites and see the type of behavior mentioned in this article much of the time. If I'm being truthful to myself, I do find it true that such comments drive me away from such sites or at least the "social" part of the sites. I'm not sure what the answer is, but it definitely is an issue.

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