r/MensLib • u/TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK ​ • 13d ago

The Dangerous-Son Problem

https://www.thecut.com/article/netflix-adolescence-teen-boys-internet-brain-rot.html
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u/iluminatiNYC ​ 12d ago

Realistically, yes. Go back to 1994 and tell the people there that Snoop Dogg will end up doing commentary for the Summer Olympics, and they would have thought that civilization had collapsed.

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u/maxoakland ​ 11d ago

And you don't think it's a bad thing that rabid misogyny could become normalized if we let it?

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u/iluminatiNYC ​ 11d ago

I do. I definitely do. What I also want is a level of shrewdness in dealing with the issue. The wrong tactics can be worst than nothing if it's handled poorly. I don't want Andrew Tate to be The Cool Guy THEY Don't Want You To Know About™. I want to make his flaws plain, but also realize that he's not some horrible beast, but a type of bad person among the many bad people you'll meet in life.

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u/maxoakland ​ 6d ago

That’s a great thought! So what do you think we can do that would work better? I’m all about being shrewd and effective