Nineteen female MPs have stood down ahead of December’s UK general election. Online abuse has been cited as a factor – so how worried should we be?

Nineteen female MPs have stood down ahead of Decemberu2019s UK general election. Online abuse has been cited as a factor u2013 so how worried should we be?

Is online abuse pushing female MPs out of politics?

negative

My brain seems to have gone into some sort of mode where everything’s terrifying 

I think it’s right that women are bravely talking about what’s making them stand down 

Nineteen female MPs have stepped down ahead of the general election. Abuse has been cited as a major factor – so how concerned should we be?

“I fear this has broken me”: how worried should we be about abuse pushing women out of politics?