An Australian study of anti-feminist attitudes shows up to 30% of boys surveyed expressed agreement with various forms of violent extremism.

Support for violence to resist feminism was highest among adolescent boys (28%), followed closely by adolescent girls (21%).

Perhaps most alarming: roughly 40% of boys aged 13 to 17 agreed that women lie about domestic and sexual violence.

These results raise crucial questions going forward. We don’t yet know how these views have changed over time, whether they are on the rise and what the links are between violent extremism and the negative treatment of women.

  • Craig Lambie@fosstodon.org
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    8 hours ago

    @CurlyWurlies4All @Fleur_ @Fishnoodle after reading all the comments here, only 1 person commented on the what I think is the reason they published this article.
    The fact that social media influencers are driving a wedge between boy and girls.
    And the solution…
    That attitudes can be changed with education shifts, and some success is being had in Australian schools.

    To me the article was to deliver the message. Social media for kids is bad. Changing the curriculum is a good thing.