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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Sexist attacks on women surge on social media after Donald Trump's election win

President-elect Donald Trump - (AP)

Misogynistic attacks on women on social media have spiked since Donald Trump’s presidential victory, according to research by a London think tank.

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found that women in the US have faced “an onslaught of online abuse, harassment, and denigration” following the November 5 election, which focused heavily on women and reproductive rights.

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