A court in Romania's capital on Tuesday ruled to extend by another 30 days the house arrest of Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
I’m wondering what it is that young males saw in him that they resonated with.
I’m (anecdotally) guessing that there might be a recent lack of positive online discourse on masculinity because the positive role models might have become reluctant to participate because of the social climate that only the loud misguided ones like Tate become the “examples” of masculinity to look to in social media.
I think a major factor is that many guys like the idea of dominance - it’s pretty fucking core in the brain of a primate. Another core “primatey” idea is that Women gravitate towards guys with power, wealth and leaders of the pack (the whole alpha males gets a harem concept - another thing that resonates with males). Tate’s idea of a leader-of-a-pack was being an asshole, and that’s the secret he was pushing, and the social media outrage machine helped unintentionally push to more eyes - at least that’s my take on it
I’m wondering what it is that young males saw in him that they resonated with.
I’m (anecdotally) guessing that there might be a recent lack of positive online discourse on masculinity because the positive role models might have become reluctant to participate because of the social climate that only the loud misguided ones like Tate become the “examples” of masculinity to look to in social media.
I think a major factor is that many guys like the idea of dominance - it’s pretty fucking core in the brain of a primate. Another core “primatey” idea is that Women gravitate towards guys with power, wealth and leaders of the pack (the whole alpha males gets a harem concept - another thing that resonates with males). Tate’s idea of a leader-of-a-pack was being an asshole, and that’s the secret he was pushing, and the social media outrage machine helped unintentionally push to more eyes - at least that’s my take on it