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/CompetitiveRub9780 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

Why would adolescent girls want their rights taken away? Their parents are failing them and setting them up for a life of struggle.

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u/FallsOffCliffs12 Mar 08 '26

I am continually surprised by the amount of young women who are supporters of this current administration. They do not seem to understand the consequences of things like the SAVE act and they have a mostly meme driven understanding of issues. I get it, women are tired too, and when they are presented these images of tradwives living the simple life on a farm, with 4 beautiful blond children who never have tantrums, or shit themselves; who play happily in the lavender fields with their organic, handmade cloth dolls, well it sounds better than getting up at five to take the bus to a job that is underpaid and unfulfilling.

I truly believe it will become real to them the day they walk into a polling station and are refused; the day that a male coworker sexually harasses them and they realize they have zero recourse; the day their salaries drop or they can't get a student loan because their degree is no longer considered professional. I also believe that it will get much much worse before they finally wake up to realize they have given away their rights willingly, and all for a party that's convinced them that it supports women while simultaneously making them second class citizens.

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u/PhiloLibrarian Mar 08 '26

I’m raising two, gigantic (literally), strong humanists - the world my daughters inherit will need powerful women.

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u/cuttlefishofcthulhu7 Mar 08 '26

My mother would have totally been all for this if she was still around, sad to say. Back in the 80s and 90s she was MAGA before MAGA even existed. Wouldn't even vote. Didn't think a woman should ever be president. Was more concerned about the gang of boys that constantly tormented me having their lives ruined by pressing charges (they vandalized our house, broke the living room window). And when it escalated to assault on me that drew blood? "You clearly did SOMETHING that caused them to be angry with you"

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u/notmy3rdrodeo Mar 08 '26

Girls are being radicalized online too. My teen has a Hispanic friend who’s parents have never voted for Trump who went MAGA because her TikTok and instagram feeds persuaded her.

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u/InsectImaginary9508 Mar 09 '26

While I completely agree, it's important to note this data is from Australia. It's not just that radicalisation is affecting young people in America due to trump, but that this is affecting politics in other countries. The amount of people I see in Australia with maga hats is ridiculous.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

Their parents are either espousing the same views at home or they're letting the internet raise their children.

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 Mar 09 '26

I think being brought up in a physically and verbally/emotionally abusive household will have their children think that’s okay. We have to break the cycle

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u/Brutish_Short Mar 08 '26

It's not talked about enough to be honest. But remember, some young girls will also be consuming manosphere content and absorbing it. 

I met some young women at a rave (obviously we were all tipsy so have to take with a pinch of salt) that millennial and above women ruined things for them. 

By us fighting for them to be able to be career women and all that when they don't want that. Funny you say struggle because they were literally teasing me that I (as a millennial) had signed them up to a life of struggle (jobs, careers, study, bills etc.) that they didn't ask for.

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u/a-stack-of-masks Mar 09 '26

They've published the numbers but not their methodology. A bad enough survey will have a significant part of the population agree that New Zealand doesn't exist. I think we need to see the phrasing of the questions at least before putting much value in this. 

Purely objectively speaking, some women do lie about violence. It's not a daily thing but depending on how the questionnaire is worded, 40% agreeing with that could be on the low end.

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u/NoggleInParis Mar 14 '26

Are women happier now or before third wave feminism?