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This is actually from 2022, but I missed it back in the day. This is quite important research imo, and very relevant lately. Link to the paper itself: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563222001637

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

no its the right wing influencers backed by russia doing this. they are responsible for getting men into Right wing politics, and by extension hating women is one of thier goals too.

[–] MrPiggyman@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

right wing influencers are exploiting mistakes that the left did, they are filling in the role of fighters for male rights for example

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago

How dare you! You can't throw facts at puritanical arguments; that's illegal.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't this just the equivalent of the "shooter game discussion" that we had a few years ago?

I.e., some people argued that playing shooter games would make the people more inclined towards gun violence and we'd see more shootings IRL. but that didn't happen, as we know a few years later.

it's quite straightforward then to assume that sexualized video games don't really lead to more sexualization IRL, i guess.

[–] abir_v@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The violence discussion comes and goes every couple years. It has since the 80s at least. It's never had any ground in reality, it's just fear of whatever media they don't understand.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

RFK Jr., noted brainworm host and multi talented repeater and innovator of quackery, said that shit within the last 24 hours lol

[–] abir_v@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I saw, but this is the admin to bring back up such heinous bullshit.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I was offering that as supporting evidence for your point lol. There's roughly nothing (besides reason and compassion) these folks can shit out of their mouths that will surprise me anymore.

[–] abir_v@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Fair enough and agreed. I don't have much else to talk about with this, so have a great day, captain!

As for RFK, I hope he has has a horrible terrible fucking day, the cretin.

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 3 points 23 hours ago

I mean…. It’s cringy as fuck, but harmless.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

Well, they cause me harm, because I feel that the developers are trying a cheap trick to get me to play their games. And also, popping it open in some places is unacceptable.

Otherwise, there's places for those types of games.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You hear that, sexists? It's all in you. Can't blame the games. 🙂

[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's almost like sex is a natural part of human existence and it being taboo is the bit that really fucks people up.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I read the following neat metaphor once: People are like sponges, and if you take away the juice from their lifes, they become thirsty and suck even more.

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