Men who hate women on the Web

Salon by Joan Walsh | Mar. 31, 2007 (Opinion)

Is there really any doubt that women writing on the Web are subject to more abuse than men, simply because they're women? Really? I've been following the Kathy Sierra blog storm, thinking I had nothing new to say, but the continued insistence that Sierra, and those who defend her, are somehow overreacting, or charging sexism where none exists, makes it hard for a mouthy woman to stay silent.

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by Donald Carl Isenman - Oct. 1, 2008

Though she doesn't state it, the "men" she speaks about are the typical crybaby white American male who feels powerless, threatened by what he isn't (impossibly powerful) and, instead of self-examination, strikes out at woman, gays, assorted ethnic types and anyone whom they think are having more fun and may be happy. It is sad, but at some point writers who are incapable of articulately enjoining the facts of a story instead of making ad hominem attacks should in my view be shut out of comments or relegated to a separate area for lunatic comments or wannabe Rush Limbaughs.