Little wonder why a competent female candidate lost to a convicted felon also convicted of sexual assault. It’s hard to imagine a scenario in the US for a female President, for many decades at least.
It has been shocking to witness the tsunami of misogyny of the last few years and see it become so normalised. All the progress I thought we had made has been blasted away. It’s depressing.
Not shocking: Progress means dont let the online porno culture do this to your son! We need change now! If men are misogynists why expose them to PORNHUB? Free speech? No, TERORRISM
Nothing I can do about the sons, they are all in their 30s - one of them seems to have been misogynised by online content but the other 2 survived it. For other parents though, while they are still under your rules, yes, do what you can to keep them from online porn and the manosphere.
Parents need help. Common sense says we prohibit this like we did as a civilized society forever. Adult women and the men behind them praying on teens and boys being rewarded. Boys being gaslit that it’s their fault. Pornhub and a teen boy is CSA and we shrug
This is supremely well-researched, thank you. A colleague recently told me a story of a family friend, a teenage boy whose father died. He was recruited into the cult of Tate, not directly through misogyny and pre-existing hate, but because Tate’s content spoke to the stoicism and masculine self-improvement he thought he needed after the loss of his dad.
Radicalisation can happen to men and young boys almost invisibly. Thankfully, he’s now reformed and sees the hate for what it is.
Thank you for reading and for sharing the story! I’m glad to hear your colleague's son found his way out and recognised the underlying hate. It’s a hopeful outcome amidst a very worrying trend.
Hi Katie - thanks for this focus, and for sharing the resources at the end. Joanna Schroeder and I have a book called “TALK TO YOUR BOYS” coming out in October that covers this topic in-depth, and she helped create this guide to fighting online extremism that might be useful to your readers https://www.westernstatescenter.org/caregivers
Thank you for this informative writing. I agree it's not working for anyone. Please don't separate women from gender non conforming people. I want to encourage women (and men) to be gender non conforming, to suggest they cant is part of the misogyny.
We pornified the nerds. Modern Internet Pornography turned nice guys into Nice Guys.
“Porn's" influence destroyed nerd culture more than any other group.
They used to be the nice kids but they have been poisoned by tech-voyeurism custom designed to lure and spite them. Its such child abuse to say they are “seeking out” Modern Internet Porn. They cannot possibly consent to this gross violation of their psyche.
A hetero patriarchal young male population reacted to Modern Internet Porn, esp. Pornhub the only way the could have.at this stage of development. It' s rocket fuel for every heterosexual male vice and weakness. Most straight men ( boys!) feel a totally natural horrible mix of disgust, lust, outrage, heartbreak, jealousy, sick fascination and bitter disillusionment, self loathing, and shame along with his MASSIVE FUCKING DOPAMINE HIT. WE WERE KIDS. Pornography is INSANE TO FEED HETERO MEN IT WILL MAKE MANY OF THEM HATEFUL
Not age-gating Pornhub from the outset was a CRIME AGAINST BOYS WHO COULDNT HELP THEMSELVES and everybody knows it. CSA.
MindGEEK mindraped millions of straight boys from a Patriarchal culture who reacted as expected, predicted and INTENDED. Men and boys reacted the only way the could have. Broken by a perfectly natural love, warped into obsession, lust, jealousy, revulsion and righteous chivalrous anger at their collective shame and failure to protect these women and girls. Straight boys were made participants in the own exploitation and self-betrayal by a MASSIVE FUCKING DOPAMINE HIT. What culture wants this for their boys? OURS DOES. TRUMPS ELECTION? WHAT ABOUT PORN
How can you talk about misogyny and not the primary influence: PORN hardwired sex and hate together for these boys from modest religious or patriarchal backgrounds. They reacted the only way they could. It was a crime against men and boys who couldn't help their reaction to it and EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THIS BUT SOMEHOW THEY DONT
Little wonder why a competent female candidate lost to a convicted felon also convicted of sexual assault. It’s hard to imagine a scenario in the US for a female President, for many decades at least.
Hopefully one day that won't be so hard.
I’ll be lucky if I see a female President before I die. I’m 60 now and very uncertain of the next 4 years here in the US.
What would happen if a conservative-leaning Republican woman ran for U.S. president? That has never been tried.
Sarah Palin, a Republican who ran for vice president, was disparaged by the same people who advocate for more women in powerful offices.
Gender isn’t a qualification; it just shouldn’t be a disqualification.
It has been shocking to witness the tsunami of misogyny of the last few years and see it become so normalised. All the progress I thought we had made has been blasted away. It’s depressing.
Not shocking: Progress means dont let the online porno culture do this to your son! We need change now! If men are misogynists why expose them to PORNHUB? Free speech? No, TERORRISM
Nothing I can do about the sons, they are all in their 30s - one of them seems to have been misogynised by online content but the other 2 survived it. For other parents though, while they are still under your rules, yes, do what you can to keep them from online porn and the manosphere.
Parents need help. Common sense says we prohibit this like we did as a civilized society forever. Adult women and the men behind them praying on teens and boys being rewarded. Boys being gaslit that it’s their fault. Pornhub and a teen boy is CSA and we shrug
What a superb summary of a truly worrying situation.
Thank you. I really wish it wasn't needed.
divide and conquer is an old tactic. misogyny tropes are tragic for all. very important post, thank you for the powerful naming.
This is supremely well-researched, thank you. A colleague recently told me a story of a family friend, a teenage boy whose father died. He was recruited into the cult of Tate, not directly through misogyny and pre-existing hate, but because Tate’s content spoke to the stoicism and masculine self-improvement he thought he needed after the loss of his dad.
Radicalisation can happen to men and young boys almost invisibly. Thankfully, he’s now reformed and sees the hate for what it is.
Thank you for reading and for sharing the story! I’m glad to hear your colleague's son found his way out and recognised the underlying hate. It’s a hopeful outcome amidst a very worrying trend.
That’s so frightening! I need to talk to my son more about this.
That's definitely a good idea.
True. I see it on YouTube. My son starts watching something harmless and if I don’t check, it devolves into something more sinister.
Yup, the algorithms on YouTube seem particularly insidious.
Hi Katie - thanks for this focus, and for sharing the resources at the end. Joanna Schroeder and I have a book called “TALK TO YOUR BOYS” coming out in October that covers this topic in-depth, and she helped create this guide to fighting online extremism that might be useful to your readers https://www.westernstatescenter.org/caregivers
Hi, Christopher! Thank you so much for sharing. Looking forward to reading the book as well when it comes out!
Thank you for this informative writing. I agree it's not working for anyone. Please don't separate women from gender non conforming people. I want to encourage women (and men) to be gender non conforming, to suggest they cant is part of the misogyny.
We pornified the nerds. Modern Internet Pornography turned nice guys into Nice Guys.
“Porn's" influence destroyed nerd culture more than any other group.
They used to be the nice kids but they have been poisoned by tech-voyeurism custom designed to lure and spite them. Its such child abuse to say they are “seeking out” Modern Internet Porn. They cannot possibly consent to this gross violation of their psyche.
A hetero patriarchal young male population reacted to Modern Internet Porn, esp. Pornhub the only way the could have.at this stage of development. It' s rocket fuel for every heterosexual male vice and weakness. Most straight men ( boys!) feel a totally natural horrible mix of disgust, lust, outrage, heartbreak, jealousy, sick fascination and bitter disillusionment, self loathing, and shame along with his MASSIVE FUCKING DOPAMINE HIT. WE WERE KIDS. Pornography is INSANE TO FEED HETERO MEN IT WILL MAKE MANY OF THEM HATEFUL
Not age-gating Pornhub from the outset was a CRIME AGAINST BOYS WHO COULDNT HELP THEMSELVES and everybody knows it. CSA.
MindGEEK mindraped millions of straight boys from a Patriarchal culture who reacted as expected, predicted and INTENDED. Men and boys reacted the only way the could have. Broken by a perfectly natural love, warped into obsession, lust, jealousy, revulsion and righteous chivalrous anger at their collective shame and failure to protect these women and girls. Straight boys were made participants in the own exploitation and self-betrayal by a MASSIVE FUCKING DOPAMINE HIT. What culture wants this for their boys? OURS DOES. TRUMPS ELECTION? WHAT ABOUT PORN
How can you talk about misogyny and not the primary influence: PORN hardwired sex and hate together for these boys from modest religious or patriarchal backgrounds. They reacted the only way they could. It was a crime against men and boys who couldn't help their reaction to it and EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THIS BUT SOMEHOW THEY DONT