Misogynistic tweets can be used to track and predict domestic violence, study finds

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9447525/Misogynistic-tweets-used-track-predict-domestic-violence-study-finds.html

Places where there's a lot of misogynistic tweeting are also likely to have a lot of cases of domestic violence, a new Australian study has found.

The connection to domestic and family violence can be made despite the presence of factors such as alcohol and inequality, the University of NSW study said.

Examples of misogynistic tweets identified by the researchers included, 'Women are all bitches', 'Whore had it coming', and 'Make me a sandwich, slut'.

'We found that misogynistic social media may not be harmless,' Professor Tom Denson from the UNSW School of Psychology said.

'It contributes to norms of violence toward women and a hostile worldview that may slip into real-world violence.

'I imagine a lot of people are fairly flippant about what is posted on social media.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Dr. John Gottman

Found contempt to be the #1 relationship toxin.

[FakeNoose]

2. Now they can study video games and tell us the same thing

[stopdiggin]

3. not real surprising (nor terribly helpful)

to summarize: places that voice toxic attitudes -- also show toxic behaviors. Quelle surprise!

[Scrivener7]

4. We could have told them this 20 years ago. But I guess it's good that they have finally

figured it out.