So in the end, yes you are changing the goalpost to more specific forms of harassment. Women are more likely to receive explicit photos of have harassment sexua

So in the end, yes you are changing the goalpost to more specific forms of harassment. Women are more likely to receive explicit photos of have harassment sexual in nature. Men are more likely to receive physical threats. If you're exclusively talking about sexual harassment online you'd have a point, but this was never stated. > However, I've never had anyone persistently follow me around, even after I've taken explicit actions to evade them. The only people I know to which that has happened are women. That comports with the article I cited. No, it does not. Men and women experience stalking at nearly equal rates. The difference was only 1% (6 vs 7%) in 2014 and 2% (6 vs 8%) in 2017. And men actually experience slightly more "sustained harassment" (7 vs 6% in '14, 8 vs 7% in '17). And a large disparity in physical threats (12% vs 8%). The only category of serious harassment where there's a large disparity between men and women is sexual harassment, 4% vs 6% in '14, 4% vs 8% in '17. Even when we break down the type of harassment by severity, there isn't much of a gendered disparity. > Kind of like saying "more people each year get paper cuts than die in car crashes, so we should prioritize paper cut protection over auto safety." If you think a man receiving a threat of physical violence versus a woman receiving an unwanted dick-pic has the same level of disparity between a paper cut and a fatal car crash, then sure. Ultimately I don't have that much stake in whether or not you choose to believe in anecdotes or data. Just know that when you tell people to "just ask women" be prepared to encounter people who have done so and gotten different answers than you. Just because you've encountered a stark disparity between your experience online and the women you've talked to doesn't mean everyone else's anecdotal experience is the same. For that reason empirical observations make a much better foundation for any claim - but sometimes they don't always comport with your personal experiences.