In February 2022, a global survey found that within the last two years, 19 percent of women and 13 percent of men had viewed comments or images online suggesting that men were superior to women. Overall, 19 percent of women who partook in the survey reported they had been sent unrequested comments on their physical appearance. Furthermore, 11 percent of women had been targeted with sexist or misogynistic language. Whilst women were more likely to have received sexist and misogynistic abuse, men were slightly more prone to have experienced online racist abuse and online threats regarding their physical safety.
Share of internet users who have experienced selected forms of harmful online contact in the past two years worldwide as of February 2022, by gender
Characteristic
Men
Women
Viewing comments or images online which suggest men are superior to women
13
19
Viewing comments or images online which suggest that women cause many of the problems facing men
13
18
Being sent unrequested comments or compliments on your physical appearance
10
19
Generally abusive language directed at you
14
12
Being sent unrequested, sexually explicit images
11
13
Sexist or misogynistic language directed at you
5
11
Racist language directed at you
8
5
Threats to your physical safety
8
6
Someone impersonating you online without your permission or 'catfishing' you
7
6
The posting of your personal details online with the aim to cause you alarm or stress
6
5
Homophobic or transphobic comments directed at you
5
4
The posting of intimate images of you online without your consent
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Ipsos. (March 4, 2022). Share of internet users who have experienced selected forms of harmful online contact in the past two years worldwide as of February 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301696/global-experience-of-recent-harmful-online-contact/
Ipsos. "Share of internet users who have experienced selected forms of harmful online contact in the past two years worldwide as of February 2022, by gender." Chart. March 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301696/global-experience-of-recent-harmful-online-contact/
Ipsos. (2022). Share of internet users who have experienced selected forms of harmful online contact in the past two years worldwide as of February 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301696/global-experience-of-recent-harmful-online-contact/
Ipsos. "Share of Internet Users Who Have Experienced Selected Forms of Harmful Online Contact in The past Two Years Worldwide as of February 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301696/global-experience-of-recent-harmful-online-contact/
Ipsos, Share of internet users who have experienced selected forms of harmful online contact in the past two years worldwide as of February 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301696/global-experience-of-recent-harmful-online-contact/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Share of internet users who have experienced selected forms of harmful online contact in the past two years worldwide as of February 2022, by gender [Graph], Ipsos, March 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301696/global-experience-of-recent-harmful-online-contact/
