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‘There were no warning signs’: what happens when your partner falls into the ‘manosphere’? (www.theguardian.com)

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With surveys reporting that an increasing number of young men are subscribing to these beliefs, the number of women finding that their partners share the misogynistic views espoused by the likes of Andrew Tate is also on the rise. Research from anti-fascism organisation Hope Not Hate, which polled about 2,000 people across the UK aged 16 to 24, discovered that 41% of young men support Tate versus just 12% of young women.

“Numbers are growing, with wives worried about their husbands and partners becoming radicalised,” says Nigel Bromage, a reformed neo-Nazi who is now the director of Exit Hate Trust, a charity that helps people who want to leave the far right.

“Wives or partners become really worried about the impact on their family, especially those with young children, as they fear they will be influenced by extremism and racism.”

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You become an incel the moment you externalize all the blame. It is their defining characteristic, that their celibacy is every- and anyone's fault but their own.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Perhaps, but maybe it doesn't matter. I want to live in a society where people are kind to one another, where they listen to one another, and where they have the opportunity to be prosperous. From my experience the place I was born, (BC, Canada), is trending away from that. I believe helping these lost youngsters become better people would help reverse that trend, and I think one of the first steps towards helping them is to have more empathy.

Lots of people have an external locus of control and I don't know if that's easily changed, but I do know it doesn't mean that they have to be hateful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I believe that process starts with identifying, and then aiding. But we can't break through to any of these people so long as our digital landscapes are just stomping grounds for this idealogy. I honestly can't believe hate and bigotry have caught this much fire after Tolkein created the perfect archetypes for men to follow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean, probably the ones who have an internal locus commit suicide at some point unfortunately. The fluidity of relationships today and people connecting by tech significantly increased the transactional aspect of modern life.

Gender wars are the easiest form of manipulation, you just need to get the extreme cases make a straw-men argument and generalize for both men and women to radicalize new people.