{"id":800,"date":"2020-10-30T07:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T07:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1326051"},"modified":"2020-10-30T07:30:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T07:30:03","slug":"yet-another-issue-professional-women-need-to-deal-with-linkedincels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=800","title":{"rendered":"Yet another issue professional women need to deal with: LinkedIncels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Remember when incels would mostly reside in the dark, stinky corners of Reddit and 4chan? They\u2019ve now conquered your father\u2019s favorite social network, LinkedIn \u2014 giving birth to an awful new thing:<\/p>\n

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To quickly refresh your memory, incels are \u2018involuntary celibates,\u2019 people (let\u2019s face it, mainly men) who believe they can\u2019t get laid because they\u2019re not attractive enough. Most of them <\/span>hate women<\/a>. Some of them <\/span>shoot up shopping malls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An incel with a LinkedIn profile might not take it that far \u2014 they\u2019re focused on their careers, after all \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t hit on random women via Linkedin messages.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/i><\/a>If you\u2019re struggling with the word, here\u2019s how LinkedIncel can be used in a sentence: \u201cWelcome to LinkedIncels Anonymous,\u201d said Tom. \u201cA networking club where business professionals can rub elbows and share stories about sexual rejection.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a <\/span>recent piece for Fast Company<\/a>, author Katie Fiore signals a disturbing new trend on the social platform: women users are increasingly dealing with harassment and misogyny.<\/p>\n

Fiore researched the reactions to articles posted by The Female Lead<\/a>, an online platform that focuses on female leadership. She noted that:<\/p>\n

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 \u2026many of the comments were filled with derision, marginalization, and even outright hate directed at the female subject of the post. Comments from professional men whose pictures, names, and places of work were visible for everyone to see. Men who felt so comfortable with their misogyny that they were empowered to share it on a platform for professionals designed to help us advance our networks and careers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And the misogyny on LinkedIn isn\u2019t just hiding in comments and DMs \u2014 it\u2019s also in the content itself. Last week, this post landed on my feed:<\/p>\n

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In addition to being regressive and demeaning \u2014 which, for the record, is pointed out by many readers in the comments \u2014 why is this post even on LinkedIn?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty ironic to suggest that all women should devote their lives to homemaking; the one job you won\u2019t find on LinkedIn. Also, what the hell are safety pads, and why would women need men to buy them?<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s LinkedIn doing about all this? <\/span>According to a recent blog post<\/a>, the platform will be rolling out some \u2018anti-harassment\u2019 features this fall.<\/p>\n

Before publishing new posts, users will be reminded to respect the guidelines and keep it professional. Direct messages that are deemed inappropriate by LinkedIn\u2019s algorithm will show up with a warning:<\/p>\n

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While such a feature lowers the barrier for users to report unwanted advances, LinkedIn is unclear about what will happen after reporting; just that it will take \u201cappropriate actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, as Fiore states in her Fast Company article, these tools don\u2019t seem to acknowledge the underlying issue: that it\u2019s mainly women who need to deal with this crap. They\u2019re on LinkedIn to further their professional careers, and now they have to become full-time unpaid moderators, too?<\/p>\n

So, a closing note to the men: stop using LinkedIn to hit on women. If you come across a pretty profile picture, no need to tell her about it. And please, <\/span>please<\/em> don\u2019t send unsolicited <\/span>dick pics via inMail<\/a>. Nobody endorsed you for being a pathetic little pervert.<\/p>\n

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Published October 30, 2020 \u2014 07:30 UTC <\/p>\n

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