Thank You

Over the past few days I received numerous supportive mails from many people, men and woman, related to my last post. I can't thank all of you enough for your kind words and for sharing your experiences with me privately. Sadly, it seems this sort of thing really does happen a lot, assuming the anecdotal evidence from my inbox is a useful measure of such things. I certainly think it is.

The ever lovely uber geek Ellen Spertus sent me a link to her excellent paper Social and Technical Means for Fighting On-Line Harassment, which is definitely worth a read if you find yourself in such a situation. It's also worth investigating if you think at all about issues of gender and identity online.