Prevention and visualization of cyberbullying against women and girls.

Visualization as the First Prevention Tool

The first step in preventing gender-based cyber-violence is to stop normalizing and minimizing it.

For decades, this type of harassment has been dismissed with excuses such as "it's just an online compliment", "it's jokes" or "if you expose yourself, it is what it is".

Visualization consists of naming the problem: it's not jokes, it's harassment; it's not a compliment, it's sexual harassment; it's not a "couple's mess", it's coercive control. Visualizing also involves collecting data and exposing cases.

When victims (especially public figures) denounce the threats they receive, they help society understand the magnitude of the problem.

Prevention involves educating society (especially men and boys) to recognize these behaviors not as normal, but as unacceptable acts of violence.

Equality Education and Nonviolent Masculinities

The prevention of cyberbullying against women cannot be only technological (privacy, passwords); it must be educational and structural. The root of the problem is gender inequality.

Therefore, the most effective prevention is education in equality from early childhood.

This involves dismantling gender stereotypes, teaching mutual respect and the value of consent.

It is essential to work on new masculinities or non-violent masculinities.

Boys and male adolescents should be taught that control, jealousy and possession are not "proof of love" but forms of violence.

Educating in a masculinity that is not based on dominance over women is the only way to nip the problem in the bud, creating men who do not feel the need to harass.

Digital Empowerment and Support Networks

Prevention also includes digitally empowering women and girls.

This means giving them training in digital security (privacy, 2FA, password management), but also teaching them their rights.

They must know what a crime is (stalking, non-consensual broadcasting), how to collect evidence (screenshots) and what the reporting channels are (police, platforms).

In addition, it is vital to foster support networks (digital sorority).

When a woman suffers an online misogynist attack, the response of other women supporting her, denounci