I keep seeing posts mentioning this phenomenon more and more often.

For instance:

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

‘Andrew Tate phenomena’ surges in schools - with boys refusing to talk to female teacher

Like, why? Why now? Why even? I really wish I had a time machine where I could go to the future and ask them what the general reasons were for this social development. But I feel like I’m looking for the specific thorn on a cactus that popped my balloon.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    17·
    7 hours ago

    The algorithm pushes them that direction.

    On YouTube I’m constantly one video away from “owning the woke libs” content because I turned my view history off.

    • pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      4 hours ago

      Yo the second I turned off personalized ads I got so many ads for erectile dysfunction medication. It felt like they were trying to embarrass me into turning personalized ads back on.