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History of Feminism

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CTyankee

(63,889 posts)
Sun Dec 29, 2013, 09:12 AM Dec 2013

Do we have any idea of the male/female demographic at DU? I realize that [View all]

posters self-select to identify their sex, but I was wondering if there was a way of gauging it...

I do remember the early days of the Internet when women who identified themselves as female were hounded mercilessly and remember choosing a sex neutral name (this was before DU) to avoid the harassment I saw what other women endured. It was truly a jungle in those days (maybe still, some places).

So I am glad we self select on this. But I am interested in this phenomenon on the Internet and learning more about it...and I'm working on a little theory about misogyny on the Internet...

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I've wondered about this also. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 #1
I was wondering if a progressive Democratic website might have a much LARGER percentage CTyankee Dec 2013 #2
I too cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #3
It seems to me that progressive women, seeing that there is a place (such as HoF here at DU) CTyankee Dec 2013 #4
Really? It never occured to me that if I didn't select a gender neutral name I would be harassed, notadmblnd Dec 2013 #5
It's not an "approval" thing. It's more about assumptions and out and out bullying CTyankee Dec 2013 #6
It's more about cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #7
i was clueless also. didnt even consider. was not a part of my world. and today, i do not care. seabeyond Dec 2013 #14
I have no answer for you, obviously. Laelth Dec 2013 #8
well, I'm no academic or sociologist...it's just an embryonic thought process I am CTyankee Dec 2013 #9
Fair enough. Laelth Dec 2013 #10
Well, the # of cat threads might be a clue . . . ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #11
kinda like stereotyping arent you? the one cat thread person i know is man. i am woman, seabeyond Dec 2013 #15
lighten up seabeyond ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #16
And how many times are feminists accused of "not having a sense of humor"? CTyankee Dec 2013 #19
Someone did a poll in GD BainsBane Dec 2013 #12
Do you remember when that poll was posted ? In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #17
It was me. Agschmid Jan 2014 #20
I couldn't find it in my post. In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #22
I would think the Admin might have access to that information. Back when polls were Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #13
That thread on men was fun while it lasted BainsBane Dec 2013 #18
Here... Agschmid Jan 2014 #21
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