Organising charity Citizens UK said women were three times more likely than men to experience threats and acts of sexual violence and assault. (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)It reveals 45.2% of women reported being threatened with sexual violence compared with 16.2% of men. But, the study says, despite women being more frequent targets for hate-motivated attacks because of their gender than men, there is no consistent way for women to report misogyny under current hate crime laws. Former Notts Police Chief Constable Sue Fish, who pioneered the adoption of misogyny as a specific category of hate crime in the force area, said: “Making misogyny a hate crime was one of the simplest tasks I’ve ever done working in the Police – and yet the results that we saw were incredible. “We need a better reporting system to ensure people feel confident that they will be taken seriously.”

Source: Daily Mirror September 09, 2020 23:01 UTC