I keep seeing posts mentioning this phenomenon more and more often.

For instance:

More and more men are being sucked into parts of the internet that circulate misogynist content, leaving their families to deal with the wreckage

‘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.

  • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I think my main complaint is that teaching young people graduate level race and gender theories without all the prerequisite understandings needed to take those courses

    I think you just have a fundamental misunderstanding of what is being taught to children. We can teach the broad strokes morals and ethics without the collegiate theory. Kids can learn about Martin Luther King Jr and why racism is bad, we’ve been doing it for decades. Adding toxic masculinity would be more of the same “don’t be an asshole” but with gender instead of race.

      • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Stop telling young men and boys they are toxic in front of their peers.

        oh so you’re just done reading I guess then, because I already refuted that

        please define toxic femininity

        Traits of femininity that are toxic. Is that the best gotcha you have?

        • DancingBear@midwest.social
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          23 hours ago

          It’s not about a gotcha, it’s about addressing a real problem facing young men and boys, and it’s the reason they are turning to asshats like Tate.