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Female sports stars 'are sent unsolicited images of male genitalia on a daily basis'... with Women's Super League players 'feeling the issue is too big to report every single incident'

Female sports stars are sent unsolicited pictures of male genitalia on a daily basis, a lawyer has said.

Despite it being a criminal offence to send these images without the recipient's consent, anonymous accounts are bombarding professional footballers, cricketers and rugby players.

Players in the Women's Super League, the highest football division in this country, have said that the scale of the issue means they feel it's unrealistic to report every single incident, a report in the i newspaper has said.

Female sports stars are being sent unsolicited images of male genitalia on a daily basis
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Matt Himsworth regularly runs workshops with first-team players in the men's and women's game and admits he was taken aback by the regularity with which female athletes receive these images.