Harassment has been a serious issue for women — especially young women — online for quite a long time. We know women between the ages of 18 and 24 are most at risk.



Unfortunately, harassment on and offline has become even more common since Donald Trump's been in the presidential race. The "Trump Effect" is real, and it starts young: Grade school kids are reportedly "acting out" more and displaying a "decreased ability to engage in civil discourse," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

"Discussions turn into shouting matches, verbal hostility and sometimes even fights," one report from the organization said.

While we can't definitively say Trump's candidacy has made online harassment worse for women, his deeply misogynistic rhetoric can't be helping.

As a young woman, I can confirm that my Twitter mentions are filled with Make America Great Again avatars, lambasting me for myriad things — even my cat's birthday party.

Trump and his supporters don't want to "Make America Great Again," they want to "Make America Great for Delusional White Dudes Again." Their egg avatar collective wants us to return to some Norman Rockwell nightmare where women bake turkeys and have zero orgasms ever.

If my selfie is a threat to that — good.