Birmingham MP Jess Phillips has revealed she 鈥渃ried in the street鈥 after 海角视频IP politician released a video saying he might rape her.
Ms Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, said she was in tears in Birmingham city centre.
She also said she received 鈥渢housands鈥 of offensive comments and threats, and she was worried about the effect on her mental health.
Carl Benjamin, who had previously come under fire for a social media message in which he said he 鈥渨ouldn鈥檛 even rape鈥 the Birmingham Yardley MP, posted a video online suggesting that 鈥渨ith enough pressure I might cave鈥.
He's said the comment was a "joke". West Midlands Police are investigating.
Ms Phillips spoke about this comment and other vile online abuse she has received, when she appeared on BBC Two鈥檚 Victoria Derbyshire show.
She said she initially tried to put "a brave face on it", but added: 鈥淚 cried actually in the street in Birmingham city centre.
鈥淛ust because I felt the enormous weight of years and years and years of abuse.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not that I鈥檓 frightened for the credible threats to me, actually, I鈥檓 not frightened that anyone鈥檚 going to hurt me.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 live my life fearing for my physical safety otherwise I would do nothing, and I really like living my life like a normal person, so I don鈥檛 let that creep in very often.
鈥淲hat I do fear for is my mental health actually.鈥
She said that like many female politicians she experienced 鈥渃onstant degradation鈥 from people being abusive, often on social media.
Ms Phillips said she had received around 10 credible threats from people who it appeared genuinely intended to kill or harm her, but had received thousands of similar comments from people who did not appear to pose a physical threat.
The MP, who has previously said she aspires to be Prime Minister, said the abuse 鈥渕akes me think twice鈥 about rising any further in politics.
But she also said she was determined not to allow people who send her abuse to drive her out.
She said: 鈥淭he thing that I鈥檓 frightened of is that if were to run away ... what sort of society would we live in?鈥
MPs scrap surgeries because of death threats
MPs have scrapped public surgeries where constituents can turn up unannounced - because they fear for their safety.
They are following advice from police, who warn that MPs should avoid letting voters know how to find them.
Until recently, it was common for MPs to advertise surgeries where any constituent could speak to them. These would typically be held in public locations such as community centres or libraries.
But many have had to end the practice after being inundated with abuse and threats. It means constituents now need to make an appointment to speak to their MP.
Labour MP Julie Elliott said: 鈥淢ost MPs used to do surgeries around the patch with open invitation, not knowing who was going to turn up. I do not do that any more.
鈥淚 do as many surgeries, I see as many people, but they are all by appointment and they are all in my office where we have levels of security and protection, not just for me but for my staff, who are coming to work and doing a job.
鈥淚t is the same wherever we go. We do not advertise what we do any more.鈥
She added: 鈥淭he abuse is where we are getting called liars or traitors; they are abusing how we look. Then there are threats, where they are threatening to kill us, kill our staff, kill our family or whatever. They are equally bad but different.鈥
And she said she avoided being seen in public with her grandchildren, because she did not want to put them in danger.
鈥淭his is changing the way I operate, and I know a lot of other MPs operate, in that if we have a particularly difficult situation going on I will not wander down the beach with my grandkids because I will not expose them to that threat in case something happens.鈥
She was speaking to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, which is conducting an inquiry into the balance between the right to protest and the ability of MPs to represent their constituents.
Labour MP John Cryer, chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, said MPs had been told to scrap public surgeries by the police.
He said: 鈥淢Ps are undoubtedly changing the way they do the job. That is often on the advice of police, and I do not blame the police for that, by the way. The police are simply giving the advice that they think is sensible, and very often it is sensible.
鈥淲e have had open door surgeries mentioned before. I used to do open-door surgeries. Now I do appointments.
鈥淭he police will advise you: 鈥楧o not do your surgeries in libraries. Do not do them in community halls. Do them in an office where there is protection, where it is easy to get out, where you can have the police in attendance鈥.鈥
He said female MPs received more abuse than men, but added: 鈥淎 lot of male MPs also receive these. I have. I have had threats to kill. I know many male MPs who have had threats to kill and similar sorts of threats.鈥
MP Vicky Ford, Chair of the all-party Parliamentary group on women in Parliament, said 鈥渁 number鈥 of female MPs had received death threats.
She highlighted three MPs who have talked publicly about threats made against them - Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger, Hackney North MP Diane Abbott and Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry.
But she added: 鈥淚 am aware of a number of other women colleagues who have received death threats, where those threats have been acted on by the police and resulted in prosecutions. This has happened to a number of women colleagues who for many reasons do not want to make this public.鈥
And Ms Ford said she now avoided letting members of the public know how to find her.
She said: 鈥淏ack in 2014, in the European elections, before I went out campaigning every day I put on Twitter, on social media, where I was going to be in my morning session, my lunchtime session, my evening session 鈥 鈥楳eet me on the corner of X street and Y street. Good to see you鈥. People would come out and meet us.
鈥淭here is no way one would do that today.鈥
The Joint Committee on Human Rights will consider evidence from a range of witnesses including senior police officers and publish a report with its findings later this year.
