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Charlotte Broughton

Sexualisation, misogyny and social media - How online platforms are failing female cyclists

A general view of the women's peloton competing while fans cheer during the Tour of Flanders 2023

First off, I would just like to issue a trigger warning for sexual harassment, if this is something you feel is an unsafe topic for you, please skip this piece. However, there are support links you can skip to at the bottom if you feel you could benefit from such services. 

Around this time last year, while mindlessly searching the internet like the millennial-Gen Z cusp that I am, I happened to stumble across a Reddit feed that, at first glance, seemed to be a cycling fan page dedicated to posting photos of female cyclists: exposure and support of women's cycling being something I can happily endorse, I thought it was a positive occurrence. I’m glad to see such pages.

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