Viewpoint: Figures like Andrew Tate may help spread misogyny. But they're amplifying—not causing—the problem

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Figures like Andrew Tate may help spread misogyny. But they’re amplifying – not causing – the problem

ShutterstockFollowing an emergency meeting of the National Cabinet this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a raft of measures to tackle the problem of gender-based violence. Among these is a program to help women leave their abusive partners, an “age assurance” trial to prevent children accessing pornography and other age-inappropriate material, and a “counter-influencer” program to tackle extreme misogynistic online content. Th…