Somehow society must come to terms with this problem and start thinking of ways to address it. It doesn't only demean the women in question, it degrades us all and cheapens the public sphere.
Operating a spoof Twitter account during BBC Question Time gave me a glimpse of the level of misogyny that women in politics face on social media every day.
Despite the lazy characterisations of much mainstream media, misogyny is not created by new technologies and it will take much more than an "abuse button" to resolve.
