Personal attacks are pushing some women out of politics and keeping others from ever running, an international expert on cyberbullying said Friday.
Marilyn Bromberg, an associate professor at the University of Western Australia Law School, was in Fredericton to speak at a free public conference at the University of New Brunswick aimed at getting more women elected in the province.
About one-third of the seats in the legislature were held by women.
Bromberg said online abuse of female politicians was typically far more personal than what men faced.
It often targeted their appearance, whether they were married and whether they had children, she said, while attacks on men tended to focus on policy. Some women received threats of death or assault.
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