What is Modern Misogyny?

And what to do about it

The recent Netflix special Adolescence has brought the subject of male violence back into public discussion (however briefly). While openly misogynistic rhetoric was part of what elected the sitting President and drove the mainstream media to help publicise the sexist and degrading messages of men like Andrew Tate by either interviewing or regularly featuring them, it seems to have taken a television mini series to finally get the topic not just into public discourse but prompted people to demand solutions. Much like the sudden resurfacing of the Horizon IT scandal within the Post Office by the ITV drama Mr Bates v The Post Office, that prompted discussion in parliament and calls for immediate compensation to victims, Adolescence has done much the same on the topic of male violence and the so-called online ‘Manosphere’.

I have not seen Adolescence but given the talking points mentioned in so many public affairs programmes, news articles and political statements, it seems to cover the main points of the issue: a lack of oversight on social media platforms that promote misogynistic rhetoric, the lack of parental controls for such things, the isolation of young men, the grifters actively profiting from this rhetoric, and the inability by authorities and official bodies to intervene. Because of this, the discussion has revolved around how…