For Female Candidates, Harassment and Threats Come Every Day

Saturday, 25 August 2018 08:30

Astor writes: "Four days before the 2016 congressional primary in her Northern California district, Erin Schrode woke up to tens of thousands of messages. They were everywhere: in her email, on her cellphone, on her Facebook and her Twitter and her Instagram."

Erin Schrode, 27, faced harassment during a congressional race in 2016. Threats continue to this day, she said. (photo: Erika P. Rodriguez/NYT)

For Female Candidates, Harassment and Threats Come Every Day

By Maggie Astor, The New York Times

25 August 18

The abuse already common in many women�s everyday lives can be amplified in political campaigns, especially if the candidate is also a member of a minority group.

our days before the 2016 congressional primary in her Northern California district, Erin Schrode woke up to tens of thousands of messages. They were everywhere: in her email, on her cellphone, on her Facebook and her Twitter and her Instagram.

�All would laugh with glee as they gang raped her and then bashed her bagel eating brains in,� one said.

�It�d be amusing to see her take twenty or so for 8 or 10 hours,� another said, again suggesting gang-rape.

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