CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS reports:

A new UN report claims that “73% of women have been exposed to online violence.” To combat this alleged epidemic of sexist mayhem on the web, it calls for draconian measures—including more government supervision and censorship of the internet. Before anyone acts on these UN recommendations, let’s check out a few facts.

The UN report insists the internet is an unsafe place for women. There is a lot of viciousness on the web—including threats of violence—but is it as pervasive as the UN Report suggests, and are women actually at greater risk than men?

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Not only is the report riddled with mistakes, but its proposals are totalitarian. It urges governments to use their powers to license only those internet providers and search engines that “supervise” user content. This is precisely what China does to censor its people online; except instead of subverting the communist party, the crime would now be mocking a woman.

— Comments —

A reader writes:

Since the UN report is essentially saying that women are too weak to look out for themselves, doesn’t that make the UN officials chauvinist pigs?

Laura writes:

Exactly.

It’s okay for women to require protection if that protection destroys the natural order of sex differences.

It’s not okay for women to be protected if that natural order remains intact.

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