Social media is abuzz with a survey showing 12th-grade boys are twice as likely to identify as conservative. The reality is a little more complicated, writes Arwa Mahdawi
It’s literally in the “Opinion” section of the Guardian’s website.
Do you have statistics about how much exposure the average teenage boy has to radical feminists?
No, not on hand. This is just my opinion, but the author of the op-ed above even suggests feminist slogans might be part of the reason why the data from the study looks the way it does. Teenage boys are at least as exposed to social media as the rest of us (or do I need an official study to make that claim too?), so I think it’s safe to assume they’re exposed to posts about “toxic masculinity,” “mansplaining,” “manspreading,” “#yesallmen,” “ironic misandry,” and articles like this and this.
To be pejorative of course, most of those are objectively actual things. It’s like when I say they’re entitled to their “opinion” I’m actually implying they don’t know asshole from elbow.
Well, I’m sure you realize you’ll be taken less seriously when you take such a broadly mocking approach up front and then only temper it when asked. You sound a bit like the feminists you’re criticizing.
It’s literally in the “Opinion” section of the Guardian’s website.
No, not on hand. This is just my opinion, but the author of the op-ed above even suggests feminist slogans might be part of the reason why the data from the study looks the way it does. Teenage boys are at least as exposed to social media as the rest of us (or do I need an official study to make that claim too?), so I think it’s safe to assume they’re exposed to posts about “toxic masculinity,” “mansplaining,” “manspreading,” “#yesallmen,” “ironic misandry,” and articles like this and this.
Why did you put quotes around toxic masculinity?
To be pejorative of course, most of those are objectively actual things. It’s like when I say they’re entitled to their “opinion” I’m actually implying they don’t know asshole from elbow.
Well, I’m sure you realize you’ll be taken less seriously when you take such a broadly mocking approach up front and then only temper it when asked. You sound a bit like the feminists you’re criticizing.
Look at usernames, prepare yourself.
I really should.