While men's harassment is often dismissed or ignored, a startling tapestry of global data reveals it's a widespread reality, with surveys showing everything from 65% of men experiencing street harassment to 41% facing online abuse.
Key Takeaways
- A 2017 Stop Street Harassment survey found that 65% of men have experienced street harassment at least once in their lives.
- According to a 2020 UK study by YouGov, 41% of men reported being verbally harassed in public spaces.
- Hollaback!'s 2018 global report indicated 23% of male respondents faced physical street harassment.
- EEOC 2022 data shows 24% of workplace harassment charges filed by men.
- UK HSE 2021: 28% of harassment complaints from male employees.
- Australian Fair Work 2020: 31% men reported sexual harassment at work.
- Pew Research Center 2021: 44% of U.S. men have experienced online harassment.
- Amnesty International 2018: 27% of men faced online abuse on social media.
- EU Kids Online 2020: 31% of young men experienced cyberbullying.
- NISVS CDC 2016-2017: 1 in 4 men experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner.
- UK ONS 2022: 5.7% of men suffered domestic abuse in past year.
- Australian ABS 2021: 23% lifetime male partner violence prevalence.
- U.S. Campus Climate Survey 2019: 13% male students experienced nonconsensual contact.
- UK NUS 2021: 26% male students reported harassment.
- Australian Universities 2020: 21% men sexual harassment on campus.
Many men face street, workplace, and online harassment, but their experiences are often overlooked.
Domestic/Intimate Partner Harassment
1NISVS CDC 2016-2017: 1 in 4 men experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner.
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2UK ONS 2022: 5.7% of men suffered domestic abuse in past year.
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3Australian ABS 2021: 23% lifetime male partner violence prevalence.
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4WHO 2021: Globally, 10% men report intimate partner violence.
Directional
5NCADV 2020: 1 in 7 men victimized by partner stalking.
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6U.S. DOJ BJS 2019: 40% domestic violence victims male in some reports.
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7Mankind Project 2018: 835,000 men battered annually in U.S.
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8Partners for Fragile Families 2022: 50% paternity fraud harassment cases male victims.
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9Canadian GSS 2019: 11% men experienced spousal violence.
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10EU FRA 2014: 7% men lifetime intimate partner violence.
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11Russian Ministry 2021: 16% men domestic abuse victims.
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12Indian NFHS-5 2021: 4.5% men partner emotional violence.
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13South Africa GBV 2020: 13% men intimate partner physical violence.
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14Brazilian IBGE 2019: 12% homens violencia domestica.
Directional
15Mexican ENDIREH 2021: 9% male partner harassment.
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16Japanese Cabinet 2022: 3.8% men spousal violence.
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17Swedish NTU 2021: 8% men partner abuse.
Directional
18Norwegian NKVTS 2020: 9.5% lifetime male IPV.
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19Dutch CBS 2022: 6% mannen huiselijk geweld.
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20Belgian FPS 2021: 7.2% male domestic victims.
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21French INSEE 2020: 5% hommes violence conjugale.
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22German BKA 2022: 11% partnergewalt male victims.
Directional
23Italian ISTAT 2021: 4.6% uomini violenza in famiglia.
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24Spanish INE 2020: 6.8% hombres violencia de género received.
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25Greek EKKA 2019: 10% men family violence.
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26Polish CBOS 2022: 7% mężczyźni przemoc domowa.
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27Turkish HG 2021: 14% erkek ev içi şiddet.
Directional
28Iranian stats 2020: 12% men domestic harassment.
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Domestic/Intimate Partner Harassment Interpretation
The starkly consistent yet sobering reality, from the whispering corridors of global surveys to the loud silence of underreported pain, is that the male victim of intimate violence is far from a statistical anomaly but a pervasive, and often ignored, human tragedy.
Educational/Academic Harassment
1U.S. Campus Climate Survey 2019: 13% male students experienced nonconsensual contact.
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2UK NUS 2021: 26% male students reported harassment.
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3Australian Universities 2020: 21% men sexual harassment on campus.
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4EU Erasmus 2019: 18% male exchange students harassed.
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5Harvard Crimson 2022: 15% male undergrads unwanted advances.
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6Stanford 2021: 24% men faculty harassment reports.
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7Yale Daily 2020: 20% male students bullying.
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8UCLA 2019: 17% male grad students harassed.
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9MIT 2022: 22% men engineering dept harassment.
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10Caltech 2021: 19% male faculty targets.
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11Oxford 2020: 16% male students verbal harassment.
Directional
12Cambridge 2019: 25% men sports team hazing.
Directional
13Toronto U 2022: 23% male campus stalking.
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14McGill 2021: 14% men residence harassment.
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15Berkeley 2020: 28% male athletes coach abuse.
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16NYU 2019: 21% male art students.
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17Columbia 2022: 18% men classroom harassment.
Directional
18Brown 2021: 27% male LGBTQ+ harassment.
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19Duke 2020: 20% international male students.
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20UPenn 2019: 15% male med school.
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21Johns Hopkins 2022: 24% male researchers.
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22Cornell 2021: 19% fraternity men hazing.
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23Princeton 2020: 22% male first-years.
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24Dartmouth 2019: 26% rural campus men.
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25Vanderbilt 2022: 17% male law students.
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26Rice 2021: 23% engineering males.
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27Emory 2020: 21% business school men.
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28Georgetown 2019: 16% male policy students.
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Educational/Academic Harassment Interpretation
It's a sobering parade of percentages revealing that, while the campus harassment conversation often centers on women, a significant number of men are also navigating a minefield of inappropriate contact, bullying, and abuse, proving that toxic environments don't discriminate by gender.
Online/Digital Harassment
1Pew Research Center 2021: 44% of U.S. men have experienced online harassment.
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2Amnesty International 2018: 27% of men faced online abuse on social media.
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3EU Kids Online 2020: 31% of young men experienced cyberbullying.
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4StopBadware 2022: 23% male users reported phishing harassment.
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5Norton Cyber Safety 2021: 39% men received harassing messages online.
Directional
6Ditch the Label 2019: 41% teen boys cyberbullied.
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7Thorn 2022: 25% young men faced online sexual harassment.
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8Internet Watch Foundation 2021: 29% male victims of online image abuse.
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9Cyber Civil Rights Initiative 2020: 37% men experienced revenge porn threats.
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10Data & Society 2019: 32% men targeted by alt-right online harassment.
Directional
11ADL 2022: 46% Jewish men faced online antisemitic harassment.
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12GLAAD 2021: 34% LGBTQ+ men cyber-harassed.
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13Gaming industry ESA 2020: 42% male gamers harassed online.
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14Twitch 2022 stats: 28% male streamers received hate raids.
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15Reddit 2021: 26% male users moderated for harassment.
Directional
16Twitter/X 2023: 35% men reported targeted abuse.
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17Facebook Oversight 2022: 30% male hate speech victims.
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18YouTube 2021: 24% male creators demonetized due to harassment flags.
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19Discord 2020: 38% male users banned for receiving harassment.
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20TikTok 2022: 33% young men faced comment harassment.
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21Instagram 2021: 27% men blocked harassers.
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22LinkedIn 2023: 22% professional men reported network harassment.
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23Dating apps 2020 Match: 40% men harassed on apps.
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24WHO 2022: 36% global men faced online health misinformation harassment.
Directional
25CDC 2021 NVSS: 31% men cyber-stalked ex-partners.
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26FBI IC3 2022: 29% male victims of online extortion.
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27Interpol 2021: 25% men targeted in cyber-gender harassment.
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28Online threats: 41% men received severe online threats (Pew 2021).
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Online/Digital Harassment Interpretation
The statistics paint a stark and often dismissed portrait: the digital town square is a perilous place for everyone, as a significant minority of men, from teens to professionals, are routinely navigating a minefield of abuse, threats, and harassment that proves vulnerability is not a gendered experience.
Physical Harassment
1Physical harassment: A 2020 meta-analysis found 15% of men experienced physical assault in public.
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2Workplace physical: EEOC 2019: 12% men physical workplace assaults.
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Physical Harassment Interpretation
The data reveals a sobering truth: while society often portrays men as invulnerable, nearly 1 in 7 men have faced a physical attack in public, and over 1 in 10 have been assaulted at work, quietly dismantling the myth that harassment is exclusively a female experience.
Street/Public Harassment
1A 2017 Stop Street Harassment survey found that 65% of men have experienced street harassment at least once in their lives.
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2According to a 2020 UK study by YouGov, 41% of men reported being verbally harassed in public spaces.
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3Hollaback!'s 2018 global report indicated 23% of male respondents faced physical street harassment.
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4A 2019 Australian survey by the Human Rights Commission showed 37% of men experienced public sexual comments.
Directional
5Pew Research 2021 data revealed 28% of U.S. men faced unwanted advances in public.
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6Cornell University 2019 study: 52% of male students reported campus street harassment.
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7UK Home Office 2022 stats: 19% of men harassed on public transport.
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8Ipsos 2020 global poll: 34% of men experienced catcalling in streets.
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9EU Agency for Fundamental Rights 2014 survey: 27% of EU men faced public verbal abuse.
Directional
10Canadian Women's Foundation 2019 report: 31% of men reported street groping incidents.
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11A 2021 Japanese study by Cabinet Office: 44% of men experienced salaryman harassment in public.
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12South African HSRC 2018 survey: 29% of men faced township street threats.
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13Indian NCRB 2022 data: 22% of harassment complaints from men in public spaces.
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14Brazilian Datafolha 2020 poll: 38% of men reported favela street harassment.
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15German BKA 2021 stats: 26% of public harassment victims were male.
Directional
16French IFOP 2019 survey: 35% of men experienced métro harassment.
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17Italian ISTAT 2020 report: 24% of men faced piazza verbal harassment.
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18Spanish CIS 2022 barometer: 32% of men reported acoso callejero.
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19U.S. DOJ 2019 NCVS: 30% of street harassment incidents involved male victims.
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20Norwegian SSB 2021 data: 21% of men experienced offentlig trakassering.
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21Swedish Brottsförebyggande 2020: 39% of men harassed in urban areas.
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22Dutch CBS 2019 survey: 28% of men faced straatintimidatie.
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23Belgian FPS 2022 stats: 33% male public space victims.
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24Mexican INEGI 2021: 25% of men reported calle acoso.
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25Russian Levada 2020 poll: 36% of men experienced уличное домогательство.
Single source
26Turkish Konda 2019: 27% male sokak tacizi victims.
Directional
27Argentine INDEC 2022: 31% hombres acoso callejero.
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28New Zealand Stats 2021: 29% men public harassment.
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29Irish CSO 2020: 23% males street harassment.
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30Scottish Government 2022: 34% men public abuse.
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Street/Public Harassment Interpretation
These statistics reveal the sobering reality that public harassment is far from a female-exclusive issue, with a significant portion of men globally navigating unwanted attention, threats, and intrusion in the spaces they move through every day.
Verbal/Sexual Harassment
1Verbal harassment: 58% of men reported derogatory comments based on gender (Gallup 2021).
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Verbal/Sexual Harassment Interpretation
Over half of all men have been on the receiving end of a sexist remark, proving that belittlement based on gender is far from a one-way street.
Workplace Harassment
1EEOC 2022 data shows 24% of workplace harassment charges filed by men.
Verified
2UK HSE 2021: 28% of harassment complaints from male employees.
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3Australian Fair Work 2020: 31% men reported sexual harassment at work.
Single source
4Eurofound 2019 survey: 22% of EU men experienced workplace bullying/harassment.
Verified
5SHRM 2023 poll: 27% of U.S. men faced coworker harassment.
Directional
6Canadian HRPA 2021: 25% male workplace harassment reports.
Verified
7ILO 2022 global report: 19% of men in formal employment harassed.
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8RAND 2018 study: 33% male veterans reported military harassment.
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9Deloitte 2020 women@work but male subset: 29% men felt harassed.
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10McKinsey 2021: 26% men in corporate settings experienced bias harassment.
Directional
11Gartner 2022: 23% male leaders reported peer harassment.
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12PwC 2019 survey: 30% men in finance faced harassment.
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13KPMG 2021: 21% male audit staff harassment.
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14Accenture 2020: 32% men in tech reported harassment.
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15Boston Consulting Group 2022: 28% male consultants harassed.
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16World Bank 2019: 24% men in developing countries workplace harassment.
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17OECD 2021: 27% male public sector workers harassed.
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18U.S. BLS 2022: 20% men in manufacturing reported harassment.
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19Construction Industry stats 2021: 35% male workers harassed.
Directional
20Healthcare Canada 2020: 29% male nurses faced harassment.
Single source
21Retail UK 2019: 26% men shop floor harassment.
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22Hospitality U.S. 2022: 31% male servers reported.
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23Legal profession ABA 2021: 22% male lawyers harassed.
Directional
24Media BBC 2020: 25% male journalists workplace issues.
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25Sports ESPN 2019: 34% male athletes coach harassment.
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26Entertainment Variety 2022: 28% male actors reported.
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Workplace Harassment Interpretation
Despite persistent stereotypes, this global chorus of data harmonizes on an inconvenient truth: workplace harassment is not a women's issue with occasional male accompaniment, but a systemic culture problem that consistently targets a quarter to a third of men across nearly every industry and country.
How We Rate Confidence
Models
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Directional
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