I would say that, looking at the comparative data—we do survey men as well in order to compare with the women in our surveys—the barriers to men getting involved are very similar to those for women, but they have different rankings, different priorities. The top three for women are not feeling qualified, not knowing enough about the process and having concerns about the financial impacts. These impact men, but they're not their top three, at least according to our research.
Harassment continues to be a concern for politicians of all genders. I'm sure all of you on the Hill are very aware of what you're going through. However, we know from the research that it is disproportionately impacting women, as well as visible minorities and other community groups.
I would defer to my colleagues, because we often use much of their research and studies on the impacts of AI and online harassment and how it impacts different groups. Previously, the Samara Centre presented. They have quite a few reports on this as well.
