It has long been suspected that female athletes are subjected to more vitriol on social media than their male counterparts — now a new study has confirmed it.
Nearly 27 per cent of comments on well-read Facebook posts by major Australian broadcasters were negative towards sportswomen compared to 8 per cent for male athletes.
Posts that received a"significant" number of comments were examined, while those with little or no engagement were ignored.Of the negative comments directed at women, 23 per cent were sexist and 20 per cent belittled their sporting abilities. Nearly 14 per cent of the negative comments directed at female athletes were highly sexualised and explicit.
"For girls and women in the wider community, we see a trickle-on effect that is quite significant," she said.
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