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Upskirted, assaulted, accused of faking their music skills: Why female DJs need to be 'bulletproof'

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Koven 's Katie Boyle is one of the most influential women in drum 'n' bass.

She pioneered the art of singing live while DJing 12 years ago .

Boyle has been accused of the male half doing more on anything to do with technology.

'There is a real bad misogyny online against women,' she says.

Last year's line-up of dance music festival was more than 80% male.

Laila MacKenzie , founder of Lady Of The House , says trolls can discourage and demotivate women.

She says trolling can be so unpleasant that it drowns out good work within dance music.

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