Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Adam, I have a few questions for you.
Many things happen online on a regular basis that women never report. For example, when they sign up for a dating site, they might receive nude photos that they absolutely did not seek out and be approached in all kinds of ways. They might also be asked to send nude pictures of themselves. That is similar to harassment. Yet these things are never reported. Most people know it would be absolutely crazy to report them because, unfortunately, they are exposed to this kind of thing several times in a year. They have to simply block those messages and erase everything.
In your opinion, does the fact that such behaviour is never punished, that nothing happens, not in a way contribute to an escalation of violence in such cases?
The first instances of behaviour that verges on violence or is violent are almost never punished. So the escalation of violence continues. In general, the intensity of such behaviours increases gradually, without any consequences. There might be consequences at some point, but things would have already gone very far before they are reported, investigated and consequences imposed.