“There was a focus on my gender - I found it more rattling than I expected.” “Had [my electorate] office tagged with misogynistic and anti-trans messages.” There was a trend of women being more likely to receive death threats over social media (34% of women had experienced this compared to 15% of men) but this did not reach statistical significance.
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Stalking, harassment, gendered abuse, and violence towards politicians in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery era.
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