‘Your Body, My Choice’: Harassment Toward Women Surges Online After Election Day
- Male influencers pushing hate on abortion, women’s rights
- Evidence of talking points spreading into the real world
Online abuse, harassment and hate toward women has soared in the days since the US election, with phrases like “your body, my choice” and “get back to the kitchen” exploding on platforms like X and TikTok, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
Donald Trump’s election victory against Vice President Kamala Harris this week has emboldened influencers from the ‘Manosphere,’ or interconnected misogynistic online communities, who see his election win as a rebuke of reproductive rights and gender equality, said ISD, a nonprofit that advocates policies to fight extremism.