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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Does sexism in newspapers lead to violence?

Are the charges of sexism levelled at newspapers by certain women's groups in submissions to the Leveson inquiry valid? Maybe. Indeed, in many cases, most certainly.

But the problem, as I discuss in my London Evening Standard column today, is that the central claim - that sexist editorial coverage leads to violence against women - is impossible to prove.

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