Andrew Tate on “Anything Goes with James English” podcast (2023). Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjYjLJpzeas, Author Anything Goes with James English (CC Attribution 3.0 Unported)
The social media “influencer” Andrew Tate who once contended that the victims of rape should bear responsibility for their violation has, himself, been charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and the formation of a crime syndicate to sexually exploit women [1][2].
Evidence exists of Tate and his cohorts coercing women into sexual acts [3][4]. Tate contends that he is innocent. Hopefully, the courts will sort this out, and the appropriate consequences will follow.
Another misogynist, even another rapist, is not news.
The larger question is why an egotist like Tate would have gained such popularity (particularly among young men), and why women so often fall prey to men like this.
Hypermasculinity
“Hypermasculinity” is the sociological term for a toxic form of masculinity characterized by the view that violence is virile; that danger is exciting; and that women should be treated with less regard than one would have for an animal [4].
To be a man, by this definition, is to be merciless and wholly self-centered. Continue reading
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