If men don't figure out how to frame masculinity for our sons, toxic misogynists like Andrew Tate will do it for them
I’ve got more Andrew Tate in my life right now than I ever hoped to. In the UK, schools have created formal curriculum to combat the influence of his views, saying they know they need to combat the influence of his views early, and here in Australia the University of Adelaide is surveying teachers in that state to discover the prevalence of anti-social and sexist views like Tate's in the schoolyard. That's a rich and important time in a young person's life — and a dangerous one to be exposed to the self-aggrandising and deeply sexist views of a man like Tate — and yet here it is. While Hill and others are right when they say having a conversation with boys and men about respect won't stop a woman being hurt right now, it's the key issue that mums like me are right now concerned about: how will our boys grow up in a culture that valorises male supremacy? Tate and others like him know how to address the concerns of disaffected or curious men, and they know how to use social media to do it — and if good men here don't figure out how to frame masculinity positively for young men, loudly and persistently, then guys like him will it do it for you.
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