Bridget Archer details sexist and personal abuse online, calls for whole-of-society attitude change

Adam Holmes
Updated March 1 2021 - 2:31pm, first published 4:30am
Some of the online comments directed at Bass Liberal MHR Bridget Archer in recent months.
Some of the online comments directed at Bass Liberal MHR Bridget Archer in recent months.

Bass Liberal MHR Bridget Archer has called out the sexist insults hurled at her on social media, saying it remains "one of the most confronting things about being a woman in politics".

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Adam Holmes

Adam Holmes

Journalist at The Examiner and Advocate, Tasmania

From Adelaide to south-west Victoria, Bendigo to Tasmania, I've provided in-depth stories in politics, environmental affairs, issues facing disadvantaged communities, legal affairs and much more. Contact me at adam.holmes@examiner.com.au or on Twitter at @adamholmes010

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