Young men are embracing misogyny – we need to take action
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I first encountered the self-declared misogynist Andrew Tate in 2022, when his post about not reading books popped onto my feed. As an avid reader since childhood, I was surprised to see someone be so critical of reading, but I put it down to him saying something provocative for views.
Only a few months later, Tate was banned from YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram for promoting sexist, misogynistic and violent attitudes towards women (although he’s since been reinstated on X as the platform has embraced the ‘free speech absolutist’ views of new owner Elon Musk).
![[Andrew Tate is pictured inside The Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on December 10, 2024. The US-born Briton, Andrew, and his brother Tristan, who say they are innocent, are accused of having formed an organised criminal network in early 2021 in Romania and in Britain. Prosecutors allege that the brothers and two women set up a criminal organisation and sexually exploited several victims. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_232707172-940e.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
To top it all off, Tate was then arrested in Romania in December 2022 on charges of rape, human trafficking, exploiting women, and sexual coercion, while a civil claim in the UK was successfully brought against him and his brother for tax evasion. Andrew Tate captured my attention with a video about books (albeit for the wrong reasons), but behind this video hid a far more dangerous account.
![[Andrew And Tristan Tate Appear At Bucharest Court Of Appeal]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2177849893.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Many viewers would have clicked through to his page and engaged with more of his content, watching other videos where his attitudes to women and masculinity became clear. It is this that worries me and helps explain why so many young men have turned to him and been lured in by his extreme views.
Sarah Beeny recently argued that ‘Eighty per cent of what [Tate] says is really brilliant. He says, “Put the shoulders back, get a six-pack and you won’t be depressed”, and you think, actually, that’s good advice’. ‘But then, slid in, is this moment of toxic, “And tell your bitch she should do as she’s told.”.
![[Joe Wicks laughing on Dragons' Den.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234016542-f1c4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
