(In)visible Women: Experiences of and Responses to Gender-Based Online Harms

这是一个结合了我对网络犯罪、受害、性别和交叉性的学术兴趣的学科，在社会法学研究领域。角色需要强大的在线存在的女性，可能会因为她们的高能见度而在互联网上遭受令人痛心的攻击。到目前为止，很少有研究研究女性的人口背景如何影响她们成为网络受害者的风险。此外，缺乏研究在线伤害如何转移到身体虐待以及由此造成的恐惧的文献，女性经常自我审查，并将自己排除在网络空间之外。我相信，随着政府的网络安全法案将于2022年春季提交议会，以及公众对英国妇女和女孩安全的非常明显的关注，这是一个紧迫而及时的话题，将是对大学和更广泛的DTP研究成果的积极补充，使其处于旨在真正改变社会的国际公认工作的前沿。

A subject that combines my academic interests of cybercrime, victimisation, gender and intersectionality, within the field of SocioLegal Studies.Women whose roles require a strong online presence can suffer deeply distressing attacks on the internet as a result of their heightened visibility. To date, little research has examined how women's demographic backgrounds influence their risk of cyber victimisation.Moreover, there is a lack of literature investigating how online harms migrate to physical abuse and the fear this creates, with women often self-censoring and excluding themselves from online spaces in response. I believe with the Government's Online Safety Bill due to be presented to Parliament in Spring 2022 and the very visible concern of the public about the safety of women and girls in the UK, this is an urgent and timely topic and would be a positive addition to the University and the wider DTP's research output, keeping it at the forefront of internationally recognised work aimed at making a real difference to society.