
Misogyny identified as biggest red flag for violent extremism
www.abc.net.au
I feel like we’re in the blowback phase of the sexual revolution. Women got more freedom, and with it, higher standards for a partner than financial security alone like it used to be. This makes it harder to be a sexually successful man, the floor for that is higher now which makes men raised with patriarchal attitudes feel slighted.
Patriarchy teaches us men that so long as we’re financially stable and not a TOTAL piece of shit, that we’re entitled to and bound to find love. Emotional availability, sexual pleasure, etc. be damned. That sense of entitlement leads men to feel aggrieved when they discover it’s no longer the way things are. And aggrieved entitlement is the root of a LOT of violent behavior. When people don’t feel they’re getting their due, they lash out, and a lot of men feel they’re owed love.