According to a global survey of internet users conducted between January and February 2022, 78 percent of respondents agreed that women should not have to put up with online abuse. Overall, 35 percent of surveyed users agreed that the best way for women to deal with online abuse is to just ignore it. Approximately a third of respondents stated that many women overreact to the things people send them or say to them online.
Global internet users opinions on online abuse directed at women as of February 2022
Characteristic
Strongly/tend to agree
Don't know
Strongly/tend to disagree
Women should not have to put up with online abuse
78
14
8
The best way for women to deal with online abuse is to just ignore it
35
26
39
It is mainly men's fault that online abuse is a problem today
35
38
27
Many women overreact to the things people send them or say to them online
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Ipsos. (March 4, 2022). Global internet users opinions on online abuse directed at women as of February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301150/users-opinion-online-abuse-women/
Ipsos. "Global internet users opinions on online abuse directed at women as of February 2022." Chart. March 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301150/users-opinion-online-abuse-women/
Ipsos. (2022). Global internet users opinions on online abuse directed at women as of February 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301150/users-opinion-online-abuse-women/
Ipsos. "Global Internet Users Opinions on Online Abuse Directed at Women as of February 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301150/users-opinion-online-abuse-women/
Ipsos, Global internet users opinions on online abuse directed at women as of February 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301150/users-opinion-online-abuse-women/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Global internet users opinions on online abuse directed at women as of February 2022 [Graph], Ipsos, March 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301150/users-opinion-online-abuse-women/
