Why are men such cocks on the internet?

Here is a miserable set of reading if you:

1. Like the internet.
2. Are a man.
3. Would prefer it if you lived in a society where it wouldn’t be acceptable for someone to threaten your mother, sister or daughter with rape and sexual violence for the dreadful crime of expressing their opinion on the internet.

• Laurie Penny: A woman’s opinion is the mini-skirt of the internet
• Helen Lewis Hasteley: “You should have your tongue ripped out”: the reality of sexist abuse online
• Lucy Pepper: The misogyny thing
• Sarah Ditum: Running away from the voices
• Mary Hamilton: On silence
• Cath Elliot: An occupational hazard?

I found Cath’s piece from earlier in the year particularly depressing.

Why are men such cocks on the internet?