An analysis of data from a longitudinal study of child development in Canada showed that girls who spent more hours on the internet at 13 years of age tended to have higher depressive symptoms at age 15. In the same way, girls’ internet usage at age 15 was associated with more depressive symptoms at 17. These associations were absent in boys. The study was published in Psychological Medicine. ...
Girls, it turns out, when exposed to unbridled misogyny, are affected.
Shockers.
This was downvoted so hard when I first found it but this is undeniably the reason and I don’t care that some guys can’t stand hearing it.
Look at this thread! LOOK AT IT. Every other comment is ‘WHAT ONLY GIRLS?!’ without reading the study that in fact says THAT YES ONLY GIRLS.
God lemmy, I had hope for you, but the internet is the internet and it’s a fucking cesspool for women.
Data: exists Internet: “No.”