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For female candidates, harassment and threats come every day

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      dubteedub
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      Yeah, I'm not okay with that. The response to women and minorities getting rape and death threats to the point that they are dropping out of races shouldn't be, great, but we should be threatening...

      Yeah, I'm not okay with that. The response to women and minorities getting rape and death threats to the point that they are dropping out of races shouldn't be, great, but we should be threatening the men too.

      To me, this goes back again to the topic of toxic masculinity and misogyny. Some men seem to feel threatened by the thought of women politicians representing them and lash out by attacking them to control them.

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      1. cfabbro
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        I assume you meant "shouldn't be threatening the men too", in which case I agree.

        Yeah, I'm not okay with that. The response to women and minorities getting rape and death threats to the point that they are dropping out of races shouldn't be, great, but we should be threatening the men too.

        I assume you meant "shouldn't be threatening the men too", in which case I agree.

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