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Lisa Sugiura, Reader in Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth

Andrew Tate: research has long shown how feminist progress is always followed by a misogynistic backlash

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Andrew Tate is a man who has made a living out of controversy. The extensive media coverage garnered since his arrest in Romania on suspicion of rape, human trafficking and organised crime has largely called him out for his misogynistic views.

This matters, because he is a literal influencer. Tate has known a lightning rise to global fame and the kind of viral reach that most of his peers only dream of, despite having been banned by many platforms.

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