Men are more likely to be harassed online than women. Women are far more likely to experience one of the types of harassment: sexual harassment, but when looking at harassment as a whole including threats of violence or being called offensive names, men are more commonly victims.
That distinction matters though: online, people are in a position to reach many thousands, or millions of people through their work.
If women are driven out of the online space by harassment or otherwise, the vast majority of that influence and opportunity will accrue to men.
While threats of violence and being called offensive names are not nice, they don't limit the man's potential in the same way by virtue of being offline.
(Neither, I might add, does it seem to be having a large impact on men's advancement in the professional offline space, where the vast majority of senior positions are also held by men).
> While threats of violence and being called offensive names are not nice, they don't limit the man's potential in the same way by virtue of being offline.
I don't think you're understanding the data. I read the study, too. Men received more harassment overall online. All the harassment in the linked study is online harassment. I'm not sure what you're talking about this harassment being "offline" for men.
Women may be more likely to be driven away from online communities. But it is not because they are more likely to be the victims of harassment. Therefore another root cause must be discovered/presented.
https://www.pewinternet.org/2017/07/11/experiencing-online-h...