Article 6FYG1 Thousands of men in private Facebook groups that are ‘cesspits’ of racism and misogyny

Thousands of men in private Facebook groups that are ‘cesspits’ of racism and misogyny

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Tory Shepherd
from World news | The Guardian on (#6FYG1)

While women's groups on the platform support and warn others, men's groups feature mostly derogatory comments

Thousands of Australian men are in private Facebook groups that are cesspits" of racism, misogyny, doxing, slut-shaming and fat-shaming.

Some of them appear to be set up in response to women's groups that are dedicated to exposing cheaters. Those sites, hundreds of which have sprung up around the world and in many parts of Australia, also out" men for violence and abuse.

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