In the past year, conservatives and liberals alike have grown concerned at the surge of young men embracing far-right rhetoric espoused by problematic figures like Nick Fuentes, while worshipping toxic self-proclaimed hyper-masculine figures like Andrew Tate.
Some aptly guessed that decades of male erasure and an increasingly feminised society were essentially making young men ‘act up’. Men – sick of being told they were inherently bad and oppressive, denied opportunities because of DEI, and ultimately ignored by society – were running into the open arms of the few public voices that empathised with their plight.
