But What Can Be Done: Dos and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism

Here’s a helpful guide to what you should and shouldn’t do if you see a woman being harassed on Twitter.

This article is reposted from Leigh Alexander’s website, and is reproduced here with permission

You may notice that a lot of things happen to do with sexism on the internet. Sometimes someone has done a sexist thing and people are talking about it. Sometimes someone has written an article about the time they experienced sexism and other people are having feelings about it. Sometimes a particular woman or women is being harassed on Twitter and you are witnessing it.