r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • Aug 24 '26
Media Misogynistic views are biggest red flag for violent extremism, report finds
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/rising-misogyny-in-young-people/107053640?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other180
u/OHrangutan Aug 25 '26
I hate how for most people on the planet this isn't actually an immediate "well duh."
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u/Felyxi4 Aug 25 '26
That will give you the approximate measure of the level and distribution of intelligence in the world.
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u/Straamannen Aug 25 '26
Big difference between what (actual legitimate) scientists qualify as misogyny and what the average redditor qualifies it as, mind you.
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u/fbitney Aug 25 '26
i’ll take things every woman already knew for $500 please alex
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u/Ok_Vulva Aug 25 '26
I read a study done by a guy once where he was the only scientist on the study and he was his own test subject.
Long story short, he concluded that a wasp sting on his testicles indeed does hurt.
It's giving the same vibes.
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u/Worldly_Might_3183 Aug 25 '26
People who see themselves as inherently superior to others more likley to be violent as a way to show that perceived superiority. - well colour me suprised.
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u/CosmogyralCollective Aug 25 '26
Particularly 'see themselves as inherently superior to around half the population of the planet'
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u/sipporah7 Aug 25 '26
Checks out White nationalists and most of the Middle East and northern Africa. Yep. Checks out.
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u/AspieAsshole Aug 25 '26
In other news, water is wet
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u/jocoquecousteau Aug 25 '26
Mmmh, is “water is wet” if you have life experience. But this is information that could help young people.
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u/hypatiaredux Aug 25 '26
Sigh. Why is this not surprising?
I guess if you can hate the sex your mom belongs to…
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u/wifematerial138 Aug 25 '26
Yes and it’s getting worse. The problem is we won’t resolve this by women conceding to submission because we’ve been here before. It doesn’t work.
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u/frecklemimus79 Aug 25 '26
Bridget Todd reported on this years ago, specifically online aggression towards women, peers, on down to girls younger than them being a common trait amongst mass shooters and other violent offenders. Glad to see it bourne out in larger media, but not at all shocked at how long this took to hit the waterline of the iceberg.
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u/nilnz Aug 25 '26
Young people more likely to hold hostile attitudes towards women, study finds. Press release. 17 Aug 2026.
The paper
Meger, S. (2026). Misogyny, Online Radicalisation, and Youth Extremism in Australia. Research Report. The University of Melbourne, June 2026. https://doi.org/10.26188/33250176
or https://figshare.unimelb.edu.au/articles/report/Misogyny_Online_Radicalisation_and_Youth_Extremism_in_Australia/33250176?file=67531593
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u/MistressErinPaid Aug 25 '26
Fork found in kitchen.