I keep seeing posts mentioning this phenomenon more and more often.
For instance:
‘Andrew Tate phenomena’ surges in schools - with boys refusing to talk to female teacher
Like, why? Why now? Why even? I really wish I had a time machine where I could go to the future and ask them what the general reasons were for this social development. But I feel like I’m looking for the specific thorn on a cactus that popped my balloon.
Because unfortunately the President of the United States is a misogynist which makes lot of young men go “if the president can behave like that, why can’t I?”
Obviously this is a very reduced take that is informed by very current affairs, but I think you can extrapolate the larger point here. There are people in positions of power - world leaders, parents, educators, pundit, grifter, etc. - who make it their entire platform to tell men “it’s OK to be pieces of shit because you are better than everybody.” It’s then buoyed by the seemingly absurd statement: “Systemic [racism/sexism/bigtory/etc] isn’t real. But if it is, it’s happening to YOU.”