Women who work or simply live their lives online have plenty of experience with the negative aspects of the internet: the sexism, the threats, the invasions of privacy. But the internet also given women and girls access to communities that never existed before the online era. In "Being a Woman Online," The Takeaway looks at the complex realities of what it means being female on the internet.
Most women have a story about sexism or harassment online. Longtime feminist blogger and journalist Jill Filipovic shares her story, and her advice for dealing with internet sexism.
With the online magazine "Rookie," Tavi Gevinson curates an online community for young women—a magazine many older women wish they'd had in their teen years.
While some women have found love on traditional dating sites, for many, the negatives often outweigh the positive. One of the first dating apps created by women aims to change that.
Revenge porn—usually posted by men, targeting women—destroys the reputations of the women pictured. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) is working on legislation to combat the phenomenon.
