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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1033/
- Published: 2024-08-22T18:30:43.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-22T18:30:42.000Z
- Description: Willis said gendered harassment had become normalised and provided examples of social media posts from anonymised accounts.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Female politicians fear a normalised “toxic environment” of gendered abuse is stopping women from wanting a seat at the decision-making table.  
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> Now, [National Party deputy leader and Finance Minister Nicola Willis](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350282594/nicola-willis-power-sacrifice-and-her-mischievous-streak?ref=goodoil.news) is calling for people to join her in “belittling the trolls” as she shares a message for an online harasser: “Stuff off”.  
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> Willis spoke at a gathering for women in local government, ahead of the LGNZ SuperLocal conference on Wednesday.  
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> She announced the Ministry for Women was working with Netsafe on a toolkit for workplaces supporting women in leadership positions, including for local council candidates.  
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> Willis said [gendered harassment](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/300258771/why-would-ya-allow-gendered-violence-to-exist-in-sport?ref=goodoil.news) had become normalised, and provided examples of social media posts from anonymised accounts.  
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> She had screenshots saved to a “folder of doom”.  
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> Willis read a “particularly spicy” one: “Eff up bitch, you ruin lives, that makes you an effing rhymes-with-munt.”  
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> Willis went on to say it was as though some believed her to be a “defective mother” for daring to be in such a public role.  
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> “I share it with you to say it is real, we all get it.”  
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> Stuff

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