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.

  • SassyRamen@lemmy.world
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    Kids are being exposed early to social media, the boys watch “stuff for men” and learn “how a man should be”. With that and the help of algorithms, what other out come could someone expect?

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      Not just the kids. The kids who were exposed to this stuff way back now have kids. It’s generational now.