Misogynistic Content Fuels Disturbing Trend Among UK Teen Boys

Woman Saw 'Really Inappropriate' Texts Her Partner Sent His Buddies About Her Female Friends — Now She's Unsure What to Do

The woman, who detailed her story on a U.K.-based community site Mumsnet, says she is "upset" and "unsure" after seeing what her partner wrotegetty Woman holds phone while looking shocked (stock image)Woman says she is “upset” and “unsure” after seeing messages from an all-guys’ group chat her partner is in.The woman, who detailed her story on a U.K.-based community site Mumsnet, says her partner used “some really inappropriate terms” when discu…

One of the keys to the British series is the lack of awareness of young people's environments about the so-called manosphere, the set of anti-feminist Internet communities that give advice on "how to be men" and that has not stopped growing in recent years.No, José Luis, you are not Marco Aurelio: how the manosphere twists historical figures to sell them as ideals Adolescence has become a phenomenon that everyone is talking about. 96.7 million p…

Samuel Tanner and François Gillardin, of the École de criminologie de l'Université de Montréal (UdeM), took an interest in the masculinity "sigma" after having been confronted with this content – which goes so far as the hatred of women – on TikTok. The results of their research project were published in the journal Social Media+Society. An overview of this digital phenomenon that worries researchers.

Young men and boys in the UK who are exposed to misogynistic content online have started to seek out suicidal or eating disordered girls with the aim of exploiting them, The Guardian reports. Now the police are setting up a new task force, which includes the counter-terrorism unit, to tackle the problem.

Misogynistic Content Fuels Disturbing Trend Among UK Teen Boys

What happens when lonely boys, toxic forums, and violent content collide? A dangerous new threat is growing online—and now, the UK’s top crime and counter-terror units are sounding the alarm.Authorities say young men, immersed in deeply misogynistic corners of the internet, are actively seeking out vulnerable women and girls. They often target them on eating disorder or suicide forums.Matt Jukes, Britain’s head of counter-terrorism, calls it a “…

More and more British young men and boys, provoked by "strongly misogynistic" content on social media, are seeking out vulnerable women and girls to exploit on forums about eating disorders and suicide, British authorities have announced, as quoted by The Guardian.