Nowhere is the epidemic of online abuse more concentrated than in the male-dominated realm of sports,a truth alarmingly familiar to female sportswritersThe first time I read a violent remark directed at me, I laughed nervously. “I hope you derive raped with a hockey stick.” It was ridiculous that someone who didn’t know me would lash out for 140 characters I wrote about Patrick Kane. Why would they would contemplate it was acceptable that I be a victim of rape because I opined on a very public case of a hockey player? Those words stung me and I cried. I deleted the email.
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Source: theguardian.com