GEM Co-Founder Dr Fiona Vera-Gray Comments in Guardian on Missed Connections between online porn and abuse

Responding to research by Demos suggesting that as many women and girls use terms ‘slut’ and ‘whore’ in tweets, Dr Fiona Vera-Gray said it was not surprising that young girls were using misogynistic language that had become normalised in society. “There is very little space where these representations of women are being challenged,” she said. “We know that young girls are being exposed to more and more pornography where these descriptions are used, and it makes sense to me that they are starting to believe that what it means to be a girl or woman is to be judged in this kind of way.”