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

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/36418433

With surveys reporting that an increasing number of young men are subscribing to these beliefs, the number of women finding that their partners share the misogynistic views espoused by the likes of Andrew Tate is also on the rise. Research from anti-fascism organisation Hope Not Hate, which polled about 2,000 people across the UK aged 16 to 24, discovered that 41% of young men support Tate versus just 12% of young women.

“Numbers are growing, with wives worried about their husbands and partners becoming radicalised,” says Nigel Bromage, a reformed neo-Nazi who is now the director of Exit Hate Trust, a charity that helps people who want to leave the far right.

“Wives or partners become really worried about the impact on their family, especially those with young children, as they fear they will be influenced by extremism and racism.”

  • rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Unfortunately, “the man-o-sphere” also lumps in those men who just want to be left alone to their own devices, who - for whatever reason - have gone their own way and don’t want to participate in what they see as a negative-sum game that is tilted - almost hilariously so - against men. Many to most of them aren’t misogynistic in the least, they just don’t want anything to do with women. As is their right.

    Because just as a man don’t deserve a woman purely because he’s a man, the same also works in reverse: a woman don’t deserve a man just because they are a woman. There are many women who demand that men leave them alone, but then get all offended AF if a man turns down her attentions. That it is somehow misogynistic for any man to refuse the needs and attentions of a woman.

    Sorry, but “equality” doesn’t work like that - it only works equally in both directions.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      for whatever reason - have gone their own way and don’t want to participate in what they see as a negative-sum game that is tilted - almost hilariously so - against men.

      Lol, my dude. The only way you could possibly think this is if you already subscribe to the alternative facts explained to you by the “man-o-sphere”.

      The vast majority of power is still being held by men. Most law makers are men, most of the wealth is held by men, most of the police, the judges, the prosecutors…all mostly men.

      There are many women who demand that men leave them alone, but then get all offended AF if a man turns down her attentions.

      It’s almost like being attracted to someone is contextual…

      That it is somehow misogynistic for any man to refuse the needs and attentions of a woman.

      Who is claiming this?

    • AGM@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Nobody cares if your want to go your own direction. It’s only an issue to anyone if you’re a dick about it.

      • jaemo@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        For reals. No one gives a shit about my doings. If I climb on a soapbox with a megaphone and scream at passers-by the editorial of my doings, and condemn then for not having a like mind or interests, I’d expect a more hostile reception to my doings. There’s a pretty easy line to see, there is a pretty easy choice to make, and for those who’ve chosen otherwise, we’ve gone beyond “man-o-sphere” and out into the oort cloud of “quasi similar simian”. Not feeling a whole lot of kinship to that.