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Men are in some ways stuck in their historical gender role, expected to be tough and ‘have a thick skin’.

There’s certainly vast amounts of abuse and harassment hurled at men online - politicians in particular. Right now, the US president probably receives more online hate than anyone else in history...

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You had me going with a convincing argument till you finished your second sentence.

I'm not going to wade into the gender roles debate but who "receives" the most online hate Depends on your definition of "receives" The most polarizing US president since the internet no doubt has the most shit talked about him on the internet (I'm sure someone more polarizing will come along eventually though). I don't think he sees much of it. It's not like world leaders fill their free time by browsing /r/politics.

I mean, it doesn't sound completely wrong to me so far in history.

Regardless of whether or not that hate is deserved is another matter.

But thinking back as to who else receives as much hate: A few other thoughts are Hitler, maybe W Bush back before modern social media took over. There was definitely the whole Shkreli thing, but I don't think that ever reached the average joe as much as the others have.

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