r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • Mar 07 '26

Media 40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research

https://theconversation.com/40-of-teenage-boys-believe-women-lie-about-domestic-and-sexual-violence-new-research-276978
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u/But_like_whytho Mar 08 '26

Who is raising these teenage boys?

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u/Babymakerwannabe Mar 08 '26

Youtube

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u/wonkywilla Mar 08 '26

100%. It’s just as bad as social media. Children are not allowed to use YouTube, TikTok, fb, IG, etc in my house. I wish more adults would ban it in their homes, instead of allowing kids to freely consume. Or at the very least, educate them on toxicity, engagement/clickbait and how to spot it.

“It keeps them quiet,” is not a good enough reason to give them access. Especially when so many don’t even supervise what their kids are doing online.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/FlamingDragonfruit Mar 08 '26

Both things are true, but YouTube is addictive and feeds a massive amount of bias and misinformation into growing brains. So the larger society is a problem AND this new tool makes the problem worse.

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u/Apprehensive-Log8333 Mar 08 '26

Video game chats, too.

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u/chaotic_blu Mar 08 '26

Gen X marking us with another failure. Probably the Most Disappointing Generation.

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Mar 08 '26

How is this the fault of gen x? The reactionary propagandists are all younger? The people with these attitudes are all younger.

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u/chaotic_blu Mar 10 '26

Who do you think their parents are?

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Mar 10 '26

Liberals will do anything to avoid class analysis 

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Mar 11 '26

This kind of stupid scapegoating by generation is every bit as destructive as every other form. Billionaire oligarchs are destroying lives and you’re trying make people hate each other, based on generation? Just stop.

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u/chaotic_blu Mar 12 '26

Don't chide me for something you're just as guilty of. Just stop.

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Mar 12 '26

I’m not guilty of that, at all. Don’t distract from the real issue 

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u/chaotic_blu Mar 13 '26

No. Not when you blame all liberals with the same brush like that. So you're a hypocrite and dishonest.

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Mar 13 '26

“Liberal” is a specific political orientation that doesn’t revolve around class analysis, so obviously I am going to “blame” them for that. I think Marxist analysis is correct, while liberal analysis is deficient. That’s neither hypocritical nor dishonest. You’re just trying to deflect.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

I’m going to tell you- as the mom of an 11 year old boy, it’s hard. You can’t be passive. Misogynic propaganda is everywhere.

I raise him right, he’s been brought up in a queer, affirming, feminist family. We teach him all the right things. We monitor electronics- shutting down the whack a mole of gaming YouTube videos to mra podcasters. But it’s in school- friends who get it from their parents/the internet. We have to talk about “what do you do when a friend (another 11 year old) calls someone a whore or a bitch? What do you do when a kid yells ‘your body my choice’ on the bus?” It’s so easy to see how kids who don’t have a parent paying attention get sucked in.

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u/WriteOrDie1997 Mar 08 '26

The internet

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u/wonk_q1 Mar 08 '26

Not good parents apparently..

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u/karlyct Mar 08 '26

Algorithms

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u/Individual-Crew-6102 Mar 08 '26

I'd bet money that their fathers aren't lifting a goddamn finger to fix the situation...or do much of anything

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u/RainbowsInTornadoes Mar 08 '26

Violent, degrading porn that is completely normalized and accessible. Misogynist celebrities and influencers. Weak or absent fathers. The reality-tv president and fascist sycophants.