Does Facebook have a problem with women?

[redqueen]

26. Thanks for your thoughtful reply, and your nice compliments.

I think it is unfair to blame the entire company, because the issue is really a cultural one. The company is made up of many individuals, and these people are tasked with determining whether something is "humorous" or "harmful". At this point, they apparently only consider direct, physiological harm as being worthy of consideration, but these toxic, misogynist ideas are harmful, on a very fundamental level.

I think part of the solution is better training for these employees, but first management needs to understand that our culture is changing. Rape jokes aren't acceptable anymore. Domestic violence isn't a 'personal matter' anymore, its a serious problem. Stalking women and girls is considered a crime in many places, and purient photos taken without permission should be taken down.

But we are just now beginning to see the resurgence of the women's liberation movement which sadly stalled not long after MacKinnon managed to get sexual harassment at the workplace defined as a crime. So the entire world has a lot of catching up to do (with Nordic / Scandinavian countries so ably leading the way), and facebook can he dragged kicking and screaming or they can decide based on events around the world and the feedback they're getting to take a more proactive approach. I can promise you feminists aren't holding their collective breath and hoping for the best. As so many women around the world have so aptly demonstrated in recent months, we are taking the bull by the horns.