Men Read Mean Tweets About Female Sportswriters, and Are Shocked at How Dark It Gets

Harassment that's #MoreThanMean

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If you think you've been exposed to the most vile behavior the internet has to offer, you need to spend more time browsing replies to female sports journalists. From creepy "flirting" to reprehensible, incessant threats of rape and abuse, many women covering sports are targeted daily with disgusting comments that no one would ever say out loud. 

Because it's often directed at the journalists through Twitter replies seen by few except the women themselves, most sports fans never see the extent of the depravity.

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