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Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say

www.theguardian.com

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“Many of the participants expressed a strong commitment to equal treatment and fairness. They showed particular sensitivity to situations they perceived as unjust or discriminatory. This extended to issues specifically concerning men.”
No shit.
It comes after rising violence against women and girls (VAWG) in England and Wales. Data published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in July 2024 found that about 3,000 VAWG offences a day were recorded by the police in 2022-23, an increase of 37% since 2018, with one in every 12 women a victim each year.
Separate expert studies have found some evidence that the language of the manosphere can escalate into physical violence. A submission to parliament by a group of UK academics cited cases in which incels had gone on to commit offline acts of violence, including Elliot Rodger in Isla Vista, California, in 2014 and Jake Davison in Plymouth, England, in 2021.
The Ofcom study involved 38 men, and more misogynistic men may have declined to take part. Some potential recruits refused to take part, considering the government-appointed regulator to be part of the “mainstream”. Perhaps the most impressionable group, boys under 16, were also not included.
Oh so this study is completely worthless then.
Yep just like the wider population, who would have guessed - just everyone living in the world and not looking for a sensational headline.
Has anyone heard of Ofcom before? Are they credible? None of their findings passes the gut check.
- Ofcom is the UK gov department in charge of radiowave licencing. Equivalent of US FCC
  As a ham I have a licence with them. But so dose all your WiFi equipment and phones have to meet there rules. Licencing can apply to a person, org or a device design depending on the frequencies used.
  Every nation that is a member of the ITU. International telecommunications union.(Almost all nations) Has to have an agency enforcing agreed to rules.
  So credibility on that subject yes. Very much.
  But on mental effect on groups of people. They have 0 expertise. And given the numbers used (38men able to self exclude based on subject of study). None on statistical analysis.
  Id only trust them on radio wave propergation, electromagnetic effect and licencing laws.
  Here my own experience talking to folks working there. Get past the telephone handlers and they are real experts.
  
  It’s incorrect to say they have 0 expertise. One of their main functions is to set and enforce content standards, and a lot of research is done connected to that.
  
  As a ham I have a licence with them.
  What's this about? Or are you telling porkies?

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