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Study of men who embodied a young woman in VR finds they felt disgust & anger when catcalled
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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2025
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The study checked this and found that the participants claimed to have no history of catcalling.
The study was intended to see if men would experience greater empathy with women following a VR experience of catcalling.
Peer pressure is a real thing and telling other men that their behaviour is not OK can have real impact.