According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2022, 39 percent of women who had been victims of online abuse, said that they had experienced cyberstalking. Additionally, 31 percent of female respondents stated they had been subjected to cyber flashing. Overall, men were more likely to have experienced online hate motivated by sexual orientation, with one in ten male victims of online abuse having been harassed in this way.
Types of online abuse experienced by victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022, by gender
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Victims' Commissioner. (June 1, 2022). Types of online abuse experienced by victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319839/uk-abuse-experienced-online-by-gender/
Victims' Commissioner. "Types of online abuse experienced by victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022, by gender." Chart. June 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319839/uk-abuse-experienced-online-by-gender/
Victims' Commissioner. (2022). Types of online abuse experienced by victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319839/uk-abuse-experienced-online-by-gender/
Victims' Commissioner. "Types of Online Abuse Experienced by Victims in The United Kingdom as of February 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319839/uk-abuse-experienced-online-by-gender/
Victims' Commissioner, Types of online abuse experienced by victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319839/uk-abuse-experienced-online-by-gender/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Types of online abuse experienced by victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022, by gender [Graph], Victims' Commissioner, June 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319839/uk-abuse-experienced-online-by-gender/
