Examples Of Misogynistic Cyberbullying

Many victims of misogynistic cyber-bullying believe that they are not protected by the law due to past publicized instances of misogynistic cyber-attacks and the lack of action from law officials, which is linked to social biases toward women. One example of law officials not acting to pursue a misogynistic cyber-bullying case answers the question of why victims hesitate to report such attacks when one woman tries to report cyber-harassment; “An officer said her ex had the right to publish her nude photos and video next to her name and the suggestion that she “liked cock” and “masturbated for her students” because she shared the images with him.
The officer believed her ex owned the pictures, so he could do what he liked with them. Another
officer told her that because she was over eighteen, nothing could be done. Florida’s cyber harassment law, however, prohibits a willful online ‘course of conduct’ causing the targeted individual substantial emotional distress. It sets no age requirement for victims and does not exclude private videos shared with another person in confidence” (Citron 85). In this example of cyber-harassment, the first law enforcement officer displayed misogynistic social biases towards the female victim and incited a form of victim blaming rational; as if to blame the victim for the harassment that she was experiencing (Citron 49). Furthermore, law enforcement, in this case, also exhibited a lack of education concerning the current laws put in place to protect such victims of harassment (Citron 86). Maybe, the lack of education in misogynistic cyber-bullying is actually the blatant disregard of this subject altogether due to engrained social biases towards women with in the judicial system.