Female-Name Chat Users Get 25 Times More Malicious Messages

A study by the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering found that chat room participants with female usernames received 25 times more threatening and/or sexually explicit private messages than those with male or ambiguous usernames.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news66401288.html">Female-Name Chat Users Get 25 Times More Malicious Messages</a></p> <p>A study by the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering found that chat room participants with female usernames received 25 times more threatening and/or sexually explicit private messages than those with male or ambiguous usernames.</p>