That put mainstream columnists in an awkward position. As with Kaitlyn Bristowe, the story had been framed as innocent damsels under siege by rapacious, hateful men. But when it emerged that at least one of these hateful men was in fact a woman, Criado-Perez lamely tried to excuse her female troll, telling the BBC that Sorley must have “internalized society’s misogyny.”
Translation? It’s still your fault, dudes!