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Date:         Mon, 03 Jan 94 14:17:04 CST
From:         Mitch Pravatiner <U15289@UICVM.BITNET>
Subject: File 5--Article on online sexual harassment

The Winter, 1994 issue of _On the Issues_ magazine includes an article
called "Take Back the Net!," by Stephanie Brail, on sexual harassment
online.  It describes some common forms of harassment via email and
real-time talk, on the Internet and commercial online services.  It
cites a survey by Anita Borg, of the Systers mailing list, which
reported that 20 percent of the 500 respondents had been harassed
online.  The article goes on to describe several of the major online
services, including the percentage of women among their subscribers.
(The ECHO service in New York is highest, at 40 percent; Delphi and
Compuserve are tied for last, at 10 percent.)  It reports that a new,
woman-oriented ser-vice, called WIRE (Women's Information Resource and
Exchange) has been estab-lished in San Francisco, bringing together
databases on topics such as women's history, women's health issues,
networking for women business owners, and others.


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