Society has seen progression in both gender equality and technology, and yet most women still face misogyny in their everyday life, a problem which has now also spread to the online space. Online misogynistic content could polarise people towards more misogynistic attitudes, but also towards more willingness to act, whether this is non-violent activism or violent radicalism. Radicalism has been found to be directly associated with misogynistic attitudes, and thus misogyny is not just a problem women face, but all of society. 

Therefore, it is important to prevent the formation of misogynistic attitudes and thereby radicalization, which is why it’s important to identify possible preceding factors, such as the construct Level of Personality Functioning (LPF). This study focused on investigating the relationship between LPF and misogyny, as well as between misogyny and activism and radicalism separately, and whether these relationships were moderated by social media time (SMT). These associations were studied using four questionnaires filled out by 403 participants of all genders. 

It was found that the direct relationships between LPF and misogyny, SMT and activism, and SMT and radicalism were all positively significant. However, none of the moderations were found to be significant. This study shows the importance of LPF as a possible preceding factor for misogyny where interventions could be staged, and how SMT can polarise somebody into activism and radicalism.