Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Feminists
In reply to the discussion: Men are becoming more violent against women around the world. Google shows how. [View all]riversedge
(73,995 posts)1. Women are crying for help. Google may be listening, but is it helping? None of the aforementioned
Men are becoming more violent against women around the world. Google shows how.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/men-are-becoming-more-violent-against-women-around-world-google-n1265072?icid=msd_topgrid
Women are crying for help. Google may be listening, but is it helping?
None of the aforementioned searches appear to return any domestic violence resources or hotlines. If suicide search terms assiduously connect an internet user with links to dissuade them from harming themselves, why isnt Google doing the same for domestic abuse, especially if millions of survivors are explicitly turning to Google for help?
Meanwhile, when I typed how to control your woman from Venice, California, the search engine suggested a litany of articles instructing a male reader on how to psychologically abuse his intimate partner. One of the first links Google proposed was a blog post offering step-by-step guidance for men on how to restrict what a female partner wears, where she travels, what she eats and even what she spends her money on. These are all signature features of coercive control, recently recognized as a criminal form of domestic abuse in Hawaii similar laws are in the works in New York and Connecticut.
When I typed how to control your woman from Venice, California, the search engine suggested a litany of articles instructing a male reader on how to psychologically abuse his intimate partner.
Instead of being deterred from harming women, male internet users are persuaded to view themselves as the victim instead. Ill be blunt here, one of the top suggested articles starts with. Youre reading this because youre getting pussywhipped by your girlfriend.
Google also prompted me to go further down the misogynistic rabbit hole as it impelled me to click on more suggested search terms like how to control a woman emotionally and how to manipulate your girlfriend. Even the YouTube videos that it proposed were disturbing. The first suggested video, How to Control Your Girlfriend, shows a misogynistic dystopian male revenge fantasy of a protagonist commanding his girlfriends actions and behaviors with a remote control...........................................................................
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
56 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Men are becoming more violent against women around the world. Google shows how. [View all]
janterry
Apr 2021
OP
Women are crying for help. Google may be listening, but is it helping? None of the aforementioned
riversedge
Apr 2021
#1
If it is a perceived loss of power then that would be a pathological reaction.
58Sunliner
Apr 2021
#30
It's not reality that matters to a pathological illness-involving, caused by, or of the nature of
58Sunliner
May 2021
#55
And it was totally necessary that you brought that up during a discussion of the DOUBLING of
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#13
Oh, for everloving fuck's sake. Any other republiQan-generated points you want to make here?
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#15
I am not making RepubliQan-generated points. I am presenting equality and reality
bucolic_frolic
Apr 2021
#17
Seriously, this is sad. I'm out. I'm sure you will cry "cancel culture" but remember: cancel
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#18
Reality?? Do men worry about physical abuse/murder if they leave their partners?
58Sunliner
Apr 2021
#28
I am very, very sorry to hear about what you went through, and very impressed that you
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#48
You can, of course, provide statistics and percentages. Unless it has changed drastically, nowhere
niyad
Apr 2021
#21
We know it happens. So do rainy days and traffic jams. But that is not what we are talking
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#31
I shouldn't have commented. I didn't tread the article, but from the OP thought they were cited that
Dream Girl
Apr 2021
#35
It is a real problem. And a terrible one. Just not what we are talking about here.
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#39
I know you do. And my comment was meant to convey that I know you do and to not
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#43
Men on a global scale are increasingly killing the women they can't control.
no_hypocrisy
Apr 2021
#4
I was going to quote Will Smith and ask if it is just that it is documented, but the article shows
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#6
In many other countries, its encouraged. Look at Islamic laws regarding women.
oldsoftie
Apr 2021
#10
Rightwingers will no doubt blame this on lockdowns -- 'look what Democrats made men do'
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2021
#11
No. From the responses to this thread, the line seems to be, "But women do it too."
Scrivener7
Apr 2021
#16
Ugh....but I have heard increases in domestic violence being blamed on "Democratic" lockdowns
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2021
#47
But they're glorifying it...and I didn't say "white"...it's happening all over the world...nt
Wounded Bear
Apr 2021
#36