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Just in case you\u2019ve forgotten how the media works: a new study by Pew comes out showing that although all genders suffer online harassment, in five of seven categories on average men get harassed more than women.

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The media reports the study as Pew: Women Suffering Online Harassment Worse Than Men and this is no doubt the lesson every casual reader takes away from it (\u201cCan you believe there are neckbeards who still don\u2019t acknowledge the SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN truth that women always have it worse than men??!\u201d).

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When challenged on it, the article says that by their definition, only \u201csexual harassment\u201d and \u201cstalking\u201d count as \u2018serious\u201d online harassment, since those are the two categories in which women have it worse.

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Meanwhile, the five categories in which men have it worse include things like \u201cthreats of physical violence\u201d, but all of a sudden this is \u201cnot serious\u201d because caring about it doesn\u2019t fit the prevailing narrative.

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Remember that this same process produces a lot of the other \u201cfacts\u201d that drive political debate.

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Via Links For November 2014 | Slate Star Codex.

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