Misogynistic Cyber-Bullying Case Study

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A lack of action from law enforcement, in regards to misogynistic cyber-bullying cases, stems from decades of social misogynistic biases and misogynistic law enforcement protocols observed in early domestic violence cases. One example of an early misogynistic law enforcement protocol is given in the book, “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace” by Daniel Keats Citron; “Police training guides instructed officers that it would be unreasonable to remove abusive husbands from the home because they were simply responding to their wives ‘nagging.’ Psychiatrists reinforced this view with a medical diagnosis: battered wives allegedly suffered from ‘feminine masochism’ that propelled them to nag their husbands into beating them; they derived pleasure from the abuse,