More and more men are being sucked into parts of the internet that circulate misogynist content, leaving their families to deal with the wreckage

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.”

  • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
    132·
    18 hours ago

    12% of young women support Tate? That’s way higher than what I expected :( I can’t understand why would any woman support someone who makes a fortune out of exploiting and abusing women openly

    • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      131·
      6 hours ago

      These would be the “pick me’s” whether they realize it or not

      Women who are raised by misogynists but can’t see past it. Women who have insecurities and can’t see past it. They are latching on to the same order for security cuz it’s all they know. Just a guess

    • modeler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      11 hours ago

      Almost every survey will get 6-10% of people answering yes to the most extreme or batshit crazy option, no matter what.

      Probably the main reason is that people are pissed off that they are being approached by survey takers and punish the survey for revenge.

      And there are some batshit crazy people out there.

    • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      127·
      18 hours ago

      Tradwife content is on the rise for women as well, more and more young people are buying into this mythical simpler past as the world gets more complex, alienating and difficult.

        • Necroscope0@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          4 hours ago

          It is a shortening of “Traditional wife” as in a wife who complies with the old male/female value system. IE the man works and provides for and protects the family while the woman stays at home, cooks, cleans the house, watches the kids, does not talk back to her man because he is the head of the family and runs shit. Her job basically is to make life easier for him and raise his kids.

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        162·
        10 hours ago

        mythical simple past but they wouldn’t put down the fucking phone. anything but the phone!!

        (regardless of gender)

      • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
        43·
        17 hours ago

        I can understand that but how come being a webcam girl and endure physical and psychological abuse fit in the “tradwife” narrative? It’s particularly support for Tate what I can’t understand

        • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
          25·
          14 hours ago

          I think this is ambigous. When people are asked “do you support the views of Andrew Tate?” How many actually know these in particular? What if individual views are asked and then if more than 50% are answered with “support” it is considered to support his views overall?

          I’ve read enough news to know that Tate is a terrible person and probably a serious criminal. But i would not be able to describe his views, nor do i want to find out what his views are exactly.

            • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
              9·
              11 hours ago

              I looked at the one for mysoginy

              One in four of the young people who have heard of Tate have a favourable opinion of him, but there is a clear gender divide: only 12% of female respondents have a positive view, compared to 41% of young men.

              We asked young people what they liked about Tate. The top three reasons overall are: “He’s not afraid to push back against ‘woke’ ideology” (24%), “He wants men to be real men” (22%) and “He tells it how it is” (20%). Although it is commonly thought that Tate’s opulent lifestyle, cars and fitness are an entrypoint through which young people become interested in his content, admiration for lifestyle (14%) and humour (11%) do not rank as highly. This suggests that the main pull of Andrew Tate for young people is his hateful activism.

              That said, younger Tate supporters aged 16-17 and female respondents are more likely to admire his lifestyle, at 20% and 18% respectively. Putting Tate’s motivational and fitness content within a wider context of his divisiveness and hatefulness, as well as signposting other figures who produce similar lifestyle content without the underlying misogyny, could be an important step in combating his influence on younger, female audiences.

              I think the source provides a nuanced picture and offer suggestions how to combat his influence that got lost in the short notion in the guardian article.

              • FarceOfWill@infosec.pubEnglish
                7·
                10 hours ago

                The raw numbers maybe obscure this but aren’t the popularity levels are really about how far along the radicalisation they are?

                People start watching for the lifestyle and fitness then end up believing the other stuff and watching for that. I guess women stall out more because who could believe that kind of stuff about themselves?

          • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
            2·
            13 hours ago

            Fair enough, so there is a possibility that this article (or the surveys it’s based on) are being somewhat misleading. I hope you are right