Australia is back with another sensational, bogus VAWG study, this one with the alarming claim that 95% of women on dating apps experienced psychological abuse (!!)
Now let's see how they qualify what 'psychological abuse' is...
Question one in the survey was:
'Had someone criticise or speak negatively about their ex-partners or past relationships, including past matches.'
If you answered 'yes' to that question, then you are now a victim of psychological / emotional abuse.
Similar deal for a man making a 'sarcastic comment' to get a reaction from a woman, or a man being 'frustrated' at a woman's slow replies, or simply receiving 'excessive flattery or gifts'.
Yet again –
Ironically, the report itself admits some of its questions aren't "clear abuse" but "common experiences that may be precursors, or 'red-flags'", using the ex-partner question as its example, then counts them as abuse anyway.
A set of subjective, extraordinarily low qualifiers for 'abuse' that seems intent on inflating numbers, obfuscating normal dating behaviour with actual abuse, generating headlines, and of course, securing more cash, for more bullshit research.