A Recent History of Andrew Tate’s Misogyny
Andrew Tate is a former professional kickboxer who has frequently made misogynistic comments on the world wide web. Due to this, he was recently banned from all social media platforms. Before he was banned, he had about 4.6 million followers on Instagram, 750 000 followers on YouTube, and his TikTok videos had millions of views.
This just shows how wide his influence has extended and how big his fanbase has gotten. Some of his most viral content includes saying women shouldn’t drive, comparing women to dogs, viewing his girlfriends as monetary assets, and claiming women should “bear responsibility” for being raped. This article will outline the impacts Andrew Tate has had on young boys and how it contributes to toxic masculinity in young men.
Recently, many teachers have spoken out on how Andrew Tate has affected their male students on social media. One teacher posted on TikTok about how one of her sixth-grade students fat-shamed a female classmate and said that “she’s like every other girl in the world and that she uses men to get money, and at least he’s a hard-working man and that he works for his money”. In another case that was posted on Reddit, the teacher shared how her male students were refusing to do assignments from a woman because “women should only be housewives.”
In addition, Tate does not limit his prejudice to just women. In fact, he called those with mental health troubles “weak” and “lazy”. In 2017, he tweeted, “You feel sad, you move on…You will always be depressed if your life is depressing”. This not only contributes to mental health stigmas that continue to envelop society but also toxic masculinity as the majority of his fanbase is composed of young men. He teaches them that mental health issues are not a valid problem and that anyone with mental health issues is “feminine” and “not masculine”.
Moreover, he teaches young men to equate violence with being masculine and to look down on anything feminine. He teaches “traditional” ideas of men being the breadwinner and only doing physical labor which is often due to sexism. In our current society, work has become non-gendered so Andrew Tate appeals to the insecurities and fears of younger men in a world where a man’s identity is no longer connected to their professional and social status. He teaches that this is a downgrade of their masculinity, resulting in a generation of men with a misogynistic mindset.
In conclusion, Andrew Tate teaches toxic ideals and he should’ve been banned long ago.
By: Liew Yik Xuan
