Misogyny hate crime: new research reveals true scale of issue – and how the public are united against it

A widely shared video of a woman being attacked by a man outside a Parisian cafe when she told him to “shut up” after he allegedly used “dirty words that were humiliating and provocative” brought the issue of misogynistic hate crime to the attention of millions, write Louise Mullany and Loretta Trickett.

But this wasn’t a one-off incident. It’s an example of something countless women endure every day – as we discovered during our research.