Teachers describe a deterioration in behaviour and attitudes that has proved to be fertile terrain for misogynistic influencers
“As soon as I mention feminism, you can feel the shift in the room; they’re shuffling in their seats.” Mike Nicholson holds workshops with teenage boys about the challenges of impending manhood. Standing up for the sisterhood, it seems, is the last thing on their minds.
When Nicholson says he is a feminist himself, “I can see them look at me, like, ‘I used to like you.’”
Once Nicholson, whose programme is called Progressive Masculinity, unpacks the fact that feminism means equal rights and opportunities for women, many of the boys with whom he works are won over.
“A lot of it is bred from misunderstanding and how the word is smeared,” he says.
But he is battling against what he calls a “dominance-based model” of masculinity. “These old-fashioned, regressive ideas are having a renaissance, through your masculinity influencers – your grifters, like Andrew Tate.”
You’re very dramatic.
Yeah, maybe it’s something about someone implying I’m abusing my child when I am literally stopping her from committing suicide.
Yeah, maybe stop broadcasting your daughter’s personal life publicly on an open federated system on the internet then?
Ah, I see, so it’s my fault I’m being accused of child abuse, much like it’s my child’s fault that she was being bullied. Fascinating things I’m learning here.
No, but you do kinda seem to angle more into playing victim when convenient than learning.
My comment’s intent was to help you see how ridiculously red tinted and narrow your vision has become to the point of using your child’s mental health issues as a gotcha moment to feel like you’ve won an unimportant argument with a random stranger on the internet.
Take a step back and just cogitate on that for a few minutes. This isn’t reddit, after all.
Have a nice day, and give that kid a hug to show her you love her.
good try.