This article is about the case of cyber-bullies targeting on women. The author starts off this article by asking this question: "Does it matter whether this article was written by a man or a woman?" In my opinion, the gender of this author can affect how he or she views this case. Most women would explain about how there are many posting-materials that they consider as cyber-bulling to them. On the other hand, some men would say that the posting-materials are just jokes and are not meant to be taking literally or seriously. To me, I do find some amusing, but I also believe that there are many that "go too far" and can be really offensive towards females.
Then, the author continues on by talking about how women like Lucy-Ann Holmes received many death threats online, but Lucy says that, although it is terrifying and exhausting, it should make you fight stronger. I support that because, even though women get "trolled" by these online threats, which can be scary and hard to handle, women should be able to be the stronger person and "fight it" if they don't like it. However, then a question pops in my head: what is the cyber-bullies' motives to this?
Psychology professor Mark Griffths believes that the two main motives to this "trolling activity" are revenge and amusement. As he said in the article, I do not think this is a gender issue because women, too, cyber-bully others, men or women, same goes with the men. However, I have seen these online-materials increase, targeting people from women to little boys, and it is "quite clear that men and women will both abuse people online" just for revenge or amusement.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23488550
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