Authorities, advocates, and its filmmakers insist the series’ fictional UK knife killing story is a mass statement on all “boys today.” That’s false – and bigoted.
Sorry Mike Males, you're fighting a losing battle. More and more people are coming to the conclusion that Andrew Tate and other figures of the online Manosphere community are negatively influencing young males and promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.
Are there other factors like parents, yes certainly so, but people believe that the online community are a significant part of this. And those who are Liberal are also increasingly believing that male online influencers who are causing young males to vote MAGA/Conservative.
Thanks for comment, but I've been researching this for 40 years. "More and more people" and "those who are liberal" are "believing" is not evidence for anything. What I want to see is valid evidence. There is always a stampede in every era to blame youth behaviors on whatever popular culture manifestation the accusing group most hates (and manosphere sites certainly merit despising) -- jazz, dime novels, horror comics, pool halls, television, rock and rap music, pornography, and now social media. Later research then shows it's all junk; youth behaviors remain closely tied to family and social disadvantage. And by the way, young males are the LEAST likely of any male age group to vote conservative/MAGA, see CNN exit polls cited in https://mikemales.substack.com/p/social-media-has-become-the-contrived The gross distortion of young-male voting should give you and others pause that these blame-social-media groups are being honest.
shows age 18-29 now disapproving of Trump by a 27-point margin, more than any older age group. Yet, I didn't see Tate or manosphere types suddenly turning against Trump. So, young people's attitudes must be shaped by larger issues like the economy, Palestine, and justice-- culture-war "liberals," get a grip. Social media is not the problem.
This was so interesting. I haven’t watched it yet but I’ve def heard everyone’s hot take on it, and I really appreciate a different perspective that doesn’t fall along the usual culture war lines.
Sorry Mike Males, you're fighting a losing battle. More and more people are coming to the conclusion that Andrew Tate and other figures of the online Manosphere community are negatively influencing young males and promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.
Are there other factors like parents, yes certainly so, but people believe that the online community are a significant part of this. And those who are Liberal are also increasingly believing that male online influencers who are causing young males to vote MAGA/Conservative.
Thanks for comment, but I've been researching this for 40 years. "More and more people" and "those who are liberal" are "believing" is not evidence for anything. What I want to see is valid evidence. There is always a stampede in every era to blame youth behaviors on whatever popular culture manifestation the accusing group most hates (and manosphere sites certainly merit despising) -- jazz, dime novels, horror comics, pool halls, television, rock and rap music, pornography, and now social media. Later research then shows it's all junk; youth behaviors remain closely tied to family and social disadvantage. And by the way, young males are the LEAST likely of any male age group to vote conservative/MAGA, see CNN exit polls cited in https://mikemales.substack.com/p/social-media-has-become-the-contrived The gross distortion of young-male voting should give you and others pause that these blame-social-media groups are being honest.
The just released Pew survey https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/04/23/evaluations-of-trump-job-approval-and-confidence-on-issues/
shows age 18-29 now disapproving of Trump by a 27-point margin, more than any older age group. Yet, I didn't see Tate or manosphere types suddenly turning against Trump. So, young people's attitudes must be shaped by larger issues like the economy, Palestine, and justice-- culture-war "liberals," get a grip. Social media is not the problem.
This was so interesting. I haven’t watched it yet but I’ve def heard everyone’s hot take on it, and I really appreciate a different perspective that doesn’t fall along the usual culture war lines.