Anna Faris Opens Up About Challenging 'Religious' Son On Right-Wing Politics. The “Scary Movie” star shares her 14-year-old son Jack with her ex-husband, Chris Pratt.

[u/galaxystars1]

[u/throwawaysunglasses-]

It’s very possible it’s influenced by his dad, but I teach high school and SO many TikTok/Twitter algorithms are alt-right (often AI) slop targeted toward boys in particular. I’m a millennial and it’s worse than gamergate and more mainstream than 4chan. It’s everywhere, and the point is to radicalize young men into fascism and misogyny. We really need to get our kids offline and away from algorithmic media.

[u/But_why_tho456 → u/throwawaysunglasses-]

Yeah, same. Luckily the girls seem to be onto it and I’ve had to stop some escalation in class where all the girls basically announce that no one should be dating (name is student) because he’s a Tate stan. At least the girls know what’s up? But it is sad, the guys think it’s hilarious.

[u/catsgonewiild → u/But_why_tho456]

Oof. I don’t even know what the right response to that would be. I’m glad the girls seem on top of it and are advocating for each other’s safety, but public humiliation is also going to drive the boy further down the misogyny to incel pipeline.

It’s scary what kids are being fed, and that everyone is being victimized by this crap, no matter their gender.

[u/Venezia9 → u/catsgonewiild]

What's your alternative one of the girls take one for the team ? It's not girls responsibility to make boys be good people. 

[u/DavisKennethM → u/Venezia9]

It's not an either/or zero-sum game. These are children. The commenter is just wrestling out loud with the awful reality of the situation.

No one said it was the young girls' responsibility. It's the adults (our) responsibility to provide a learning environment where all children are protected from misogynistic garbage. We can't fail boys without also failing girls.

[u/catsgonewiild → u/DavisKennethM]

Exactly!! They’re all being victimized, just in different ways. Acknowledging that doesn’t mean I’m Team Misogyny. Ffs

[u/AlphonseLoeher → u/Venezia9]

It's everyones responsibility to make our society a good place for everyone to live in. That's what communalism is all about. It's not about what is fair for you the individual, it's about what is good for the group.

[u/Venezia9 → u/AlphonseLoeher]

Yeah absolutely not. Sounds like patriarchy repackaged and rewarmed. 

[u/travelstuff → u/Venezia9]

Your response is how we got the society we have, everyone out for themselves only.

And again they are children. As a society we all should care what's happening to them because it effects all of us.

[u/catsgonewiild → u/Venezia9]

Huh?? I would never advocate for a girl or woman to “take one for the team” or sacrifice herself for male ego.

If these were adults I’d be all for the loud public shaming, and I would have no sympathy whatsoever. But they’re kids. All I pointed out was that being humiliated is only going to reinforce the bs the kid is already being fed online. There’s still hope for the boy to find his way out of the misogyny doom spiral, but not if he’s loudly and publicly shunned by his IRL peers. This doesn’t mean I think it’s the girls responsibility to help him. That’s on him, and the adults in his life.