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= Misogyny and domestic abuse =
== Evidence of Misogyny and Abuse ==

Witsit makes misogynist statements. Furthermore, police arrested him for assaulting his partner in 2023. Court records indicate Witsit made hostile and aggressive gestures. He then spit on his partner's face without consent. [https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Austin_Whitsitt_57194563/ Court Record]

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[[File:Witsit-misogyny-twitter.png|512px|An example of Witsit's misogyny.]]
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On March 18, 2025, a surveillance video surfaced from Witsit's residence dated December 24, 2024. In the video, Witsit verbally abuses his partner and gestures violently towards her. Some of the verbal abuse Witsit gives to his partner in the video includes claiming to hate her, calling her names, claiming she likes it rough, and punching the nearby furniture.

== Statistics About Children In Households With Intimate Partner Violence ==

Witsit claims to have two children making the accusations of domestic abuse particularly worrisome.

* Between 30% and 60% of children with an abusive parent ends up being abused themselves. <ref>[https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/213503.pdf <q>Co-Occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Local Policies/Practices and Relationships to Child Placement, Family Services and Residence</q> by Office of Justice Program]</ref>
* Children are 15 times more likely to experience abuse overall when subjected to a household with interpersonal violence between the parents. <ref>[https://belfastwomensaid.org.uk/themainevent/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/UNICEF_BehindClosedDoors.pdf <q>Behind Closed Doors; The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children</q> by belfastwomensaid]</ref>
* Around 20% of intimate partner violence that go to court involve a child witness. <ref>[https://www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/files/archives/pressreleases/2009/BJS10007.htm <q>NEARLY ONE IN FOUR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE CASES INVOLVED A CHILD WITNESS</q> by Office of Justice Program]</ref>

== Misogynistic Video About Blue Origin Flight ==

On April 18, 2025, Witsit released a live stream video titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq1JA9LhOJ8 "Powerful Feminists Defeat Sexism by Pretending to go to Space w/ Blue Origin"] in which he talked about a recent Blue Origin flight crewed by women. He repeatedly [https://www.youtube.com/live/Tq1JA9LhOJ8?si=Y-XTxj8wrWPGz-pY&t=7193 mocked and denied the oppression of women] and [https://www.youtube.com/live/Tq1JA9LhOJ8?si=um8u7UoQclwW0O7S&t=5609 claimed women receive special privileges]. He then proceeded to call the women [https://www.youtube.com/live/Tq1JA9LhOJ8?si=YGp8ATFUN-4Q174w&t=2450 "bimbos"] and [https://www.youtube.com/live/Tq1JA9LhOJ8?si=iFmXamihi7QG60ts&t=1397 make fun of their appearance]. Austin finally [https://www.youtube.com/live/Tq1JA9LhOJ8?si=yDlWQ0_amb4EQZRW&t=7638 claimed that men should be leaders and women should follow]. He uses homophobic slurs throughout the video.


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