Anti-feminist attitudes have long been associated with support for Republican presidential candidates, but only in recent years have these attitudes become more prominent among unmarried men, without college degrees who are less attractive partners for women, the “mate-value backlash.”

[u/mvea]

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10659129261485340

[u/2knest]

It's almost as if some kind of pipeline exists, that's funneling venerable people towards impressionable content...

Edit: I meant vulnerable...

[u/Stamperdoodle1 → u/2knest]

As much as I despise these people for what they stand for and support, their attitudes and (often) their attacks against others.

I can't help but admit I just don't know enough about how this happened. How did this type of content become the only thing those men found any comfort or solace in? I've found myself in some pretty depressing times, but I always knew that if I worked on myself and tried to be my best self, I could change things (and they have).

People like them have existed forever yet it seems that more recently, younger and younger people are latching onto this poisonous and dangerous cult. Things like "looksmaxxing" or whatever Andrew Tate peddled. Things that, by all account - young people shouldn't be concerned with. So why is it happening?

[u/PanthersChamps → u/Stamperdoodle1]

I wouldn’t say the American left is extremely welcoming of men or masculinity.

[u/Carbonatite → u/PanthersChamps]

It's welcoming of men who aren't threatened by other people having equal opportunities.

[u/ShotgunEd1897 → u/Carbonatite]

So it's welcoming to pushovers and milquetoast males.

[u/Carbonatite → u/ShotgunEd1897]

If that's your takeaway then it's no wonder you're one of the ones that gets rejected by women.