These online networks expose and reinforce a culture in which women’s consent, autonomy and bodily integrity are devalued.
- Professor of Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth
Government and tech firms need to step up.
Research has shown that spending long periods on social media and gaming sites exposes young men and boys to incel content.
Missing from the conversation is what’s behind the emergency: the misogyny and male violence that underpins these stark figures.
Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexualised violence, and men are commonly the perpetrators.
The tools for reach and influence that the internet provides might be unprecedented. But people like Tate are simply pedalling the age-old sexist views that fuel gendered violence.
Abusers are exploiting all manner of smart tech and software to extend their capacity for coercive control.
It’s not just the media who fuel unnecessary concern about so-called suicide games.
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