Kari Lake celebrates #toxicmasculinity:

"Let me hear from the ladies out there.

We're tired of the beta men. We want some alpha men.

We got a number one alpha man in Donald J. Trump."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13121399/kari-lake-donald-trump-alpha-men-cpac.html

#toxic #karilake #politics #trump

In 'Adolescence' the central character has been "indoctrinated by voices" like Andrew Tate's and "voices a lot more dangerous than Andrew Tate's."

"This show has the bravery to just peel back the layers and go, let's talk about this thing, because we're still dealing with it today. There are still issues cropping up in the news today."

"It just allows parents, aunties, uncles, even just friends, to engage in the conversation."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydwzv4qpgo

#toxicmasculinity #manosphere #misogyny #socialmedia #media #prevention #publichealth

seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"

folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself

it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird

In the past, masculinity suggested boys should be strong, brave and confident, and should not act in a way considered 'feminine'.

Have you ever heard any of these phrases before?

"Boys don't cry"
"Man up"
"Don't act like such a girl"
"Crybaby"

One study found women cry between 30 and 64 times a year and men between 6 and 17 times.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48379047

#toxic #masculinity #emotions

43% of young men watching masculinity influencers found them motivating.

27% of young men watching masculinity influencers reported feelings of worthlessness.

https://uk.movember.com/movember-institute/masculinities-report

#masculinity #socialmedia #toxic #culture @sociology #sociology #influencers

France ‘should declare toxic masculinity a threat to national security’

An annual report from the Higher Council for Equality (HCE) warns of a growing "masculinity" ideology legitimised by Trump and amplified by social media.

The report singles out Andrew Tate, former kickboxer turned influencer, as a “prime example of the contemporary spread of toxic and sexist masculinity via social media”.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/france-declare-toxic-masculinity-threat-070200379.html

#toxicmasculinity #Trump #socialmedia

Healthy, respectful manhood means valuing and respecting women, girls, and LGBQ, Trans, and nonbinary people — and respecting and valuing oneself by striving to live authentically.

https://www.acalltomen.org/healthy-manhood/

Epstein and Thiel had more in common than their hatred of women and love of cryptocurrency.

"[T]he two exchanged more than 2,000 messages over the years and met on multiple occasions. Epstein would ultimately invest some $40 million in venture capital funds managed by Valar Ventures, a firm cofounded by Thiel."

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/peter-thiel-jeffrey-epstein-democracy/

https://web.archive.org/web/20260219174627/https://www.thenation.com/article/society/peter-thiel-jeffrey-epstein-democracy/

#Epstein #Thiel #misogyny #crypto

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

X’s algorithms are an editorial force, shaping what people know, whom they pay attention to, who the outgroup is and what “we” should do about or to them, and what people come to believe.

https://theconversation.com/a-few-weeks-of-xs-algorithm-can-make-you-more-right-wing-and-it-doesnt-wear-off-quickly-276153

#media #toxic #twitter #socialmedia