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Women in Holyrood speak out on online abuse
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“At local level, it’s different."
FEMALE MSPs have spoken out about the torrent of abuse they face daily online, which has seen one Labour frontbencher branded a “poisoned dwarf.”
In the Holyrood magazine published today, Labour education spokeswoman Pam Duncan-Glancy describes the “utterly relentless” abuse directed at her on social media, where she had been called a “dwarf,” a “witch,” and a “lying c*nt.”
The magazine contacted all 59 sitting female MSPs and found that rape threats, death threats and severe misogynistic abuse towards the 22 who responded were commonplace.
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