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Originally Posted by Blaster86
Because that's how it reads to me, and it bugs me a little. If she was being harassed by the guy then that blows, but it reads like she's saying every woman deals with this and that it's only hockey fans that do it.
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Good god. How did you ever get that from reading her bit posted above?
No, she did not say that every woman deals with sexual harassment in hockey. What she said that it was frequent, that she has been the unwilling recipient of advances from two other hockey writers, and that she knows of other women in the industry who have reported similar experiences. She does NOT ONCE say anything to indicate that "it's only hockey fans that do it." What she says is that it is a problem in hockey, but then she is only EVER speaking about hockey, and never once draws any comparisons with other sports or businesses. She says that—from her extensive experience—"being a hockey fan online isn't a safe space for women." How strange that you should interpret from this that all female hockey fans are sexually harassed online, and that it is only systemically related to hockey.