Negative Effects
Lad culture has attracted criticism from feminist circles. For example, Germaine Greer critiques it in her book The Whole Woman (2000); while others note that "it's a dark world that Loaded and the lad culture has bequeathed us".
A study by Gabrielle Ivinson of Cardiff University and Patricia Murphy of the Open University has identified lad culture as a source of behavioural confusion, and an investigation by Adrienne Katz has linked it to suicide and depression.
A study of the architecture profession found that lad culture had a negative impact on women completing their professional education. Pundit Helen Wilkinson believes that lad culture has affected politics and decreased the ability of women to participate.
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