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Support for violence to resist feminism was highest among adolescent boys (28%), followed closely by adolescent girls (21%).

Perhaps most alarming: roughly 40% of boys aged 13 to 17 agreed that women lie about domestic and sexual violence.

These results raise crucial questions going forward. We don’t yet know how these views have changed over time, whether they are on the rise and what the links are between violent extremism and the negative treatment of women.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Training boys to be douchebags is why this is happening.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah they're being courted by the far right because the far right aren't calling them idiots. Really not that hard to grasp.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The far right are calling them idiots which is the weird thing. You ever pay attention to how those influencers speak to them? They basically neg these kids.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Good point, I would be interested in learning more about that. I feel like it may be because the insult is always a precursor to their actual message. For example "you're a loser with no girlfriend, but it's because women only respect alpha males. Here's how you become one..." It uses their insecurity to sell them misogyny and right wing ideology. I think structurally different to and mentally easier to accept than how a man might be insulted from a left wing perspective. Example: "you're a loser with no girlfriend because you're an incel who hates women."

Objectively the left wing one is closer to the truth and heeding its advice would be more likely to socialise them and put them on the path of finding love and companionship, but it's pretty obvious to see which of the two a young inexperienced and insecure man would be more likely to follow.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago

I think your intuition is 100% right, there. It's always easier to hear "it's not your fault" and they know this.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social -1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I see. They are douchebags because people observed they are douchebags. That makes sense, if you are a fucking moron. The real test is to determine if me pointing out that you are a moron has actually turned you into one.

Well, reply so we can see.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

People who are treated like outcasts behave like outcasts. The judgment becomes self-fulfilling.

The solution to this problem is inclusiveness and socialization, not further judgment and ostracization.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

If you didn't think I was already a moron why would you call me one? Are you really incapable of seeing how difficult it is for me to engage constructively with your argument while you are constantly interweaving it with personal attacks? I couldn't ask for a better example of how calling people dumb makes it hard for them to engage with your ideas. Again, no wonder young men with no experience are being entrapped by the far right.