'Social media can be a pretty ugly place if you're a woman in politics'

Source:https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2016/oct/21/female-politicians-social-media-abuse-european-parliament

Social media can be a place for politicians to express their opinions and promote their opinions to the wide masses. However there can be some backlash considering that social media would welcome freedom of speech. Therefore although they can interact with the public, there will be those who just want to bully  and online is no exception.

• Globally, only 22.8% of national members of parliament are women, and there are still 38 countries in which more than 90% of MPs are men.

In my opinion, I think that this just shows that social media is one of the biggest hosts for opinions. Places like twitter where people can voice their opinion can also be countered with harmful and hateful comments.