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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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That sounds awful why would you keep using a platform like that?
Presumably because all of her friends do, and if she quits using it, then she'll be left out of her friends' group chats on IG and be out of the loop on jokes and memes between her friends. Might seem unimportant to an adult, but devastating for a teenager.
Your comment is similar to saying "cyberbullying isn't real, just turn off the PC". Because getting pushed out of social spaces on the internet leaves kids feeling isolated, and deprives them of access to shared spaces that their friends use to connect with each other.
One might say "They can just connect in person!" Presumably they do, but the internet is an inescapable part of modern life and that is unlikely to change. We should push for a better internet, rather than telling people to simply stop using it if they're suffering.
This article is to push legislation to kick her off. She is saying "it would be a good thing for under 16s to be banned from social media". So I think saying why do you feel this way but continue to engage is a fair point.
This is not the average experience so instead of everyone being punished it should be addressed on an individual level. Plenty of people have a healthy relationship with it.
This absolutely is the average experience for young women on social media, and moreover it's the intended experience. Making girls feel like shit about themselves has gotten powerful men money, sex, and more power for a very very long time.