Fifth of men aged 16-29 look favourably on social media influencer Andrew Tate
It’s almost like there’s been a continuous effort in right wing media to demonize and bastardize feminists. When they talk about feminism they always screech about the most extreme views held by the smallest amount of people, and make it sound like that represents the entire group.
It’s the same strategy they use to attack any group.
If you consider Andrew Tate a meaningful source on any subject I really don’t care what generation you’re a part of - you’re a fucking idiot and you need to sort yourself out. All you are to him is a gullible mark to extract money from.
The thing to keep in mind here is that he’s very much targeting kids (teenagers but still minors lacking real-world experience) and this is exactly the wrong response to that sort of phenomenon.
I’m not saying you’re wrong but there’s also a LOT of men in their 20s-30s and upwards who’ve bought into his shit. And even teens (speaking as parent to some) know that someone who’s been arrested for sex trafficking isn’t someone to listen to.
Big yikes. Hopefully this is a symptom of radicalization on both sides, and not a trend of increasing conservativism overall.
I can hate on the boomers because they had every opportunity to not be shitty. I think in the case of gen z, society ultimately failed them. They have no bright future to look forward to, just rampant inequality and a dying planet. When some loon comes around and tells them all they can go off and be little apes venting their frustration on society with violence and bigotry there’s less reason to ignore them than there should be. That’s not to say everyone’s blameless, but it’s not like 20% of the cohort was born evil and will forever be that way; something external influenced this situation and we need to fix it.
What a bizarre and ageist take.
Edit: This interaction is not exactly helping in persuading people that gen z aren’t really bigoted. In fact it will righteously confirm such opinions.
Genz is not be blamed for this, previous generation failed them.
Each individual is fully responsible for the views they carry, there are things instilled in us growing up by previous generations, but it’s on you to improve on their mistakes.
And how do they know what’s a mistake and what’s not a mistake? Nature v nurture.
Prefrontal cortex.
There is a difference between old school feminism and some new types. Really its like anything. Some groups emphasize some parts over others and the message changes. Im totally down with jane adams style feminism.
