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  • it's never gone away but was slightly on the wane, I think, in the late 20th century

    The question is why has it come back more perniciously than ever? I would never have expected this when I was a young adult. Technology, digital media, digital pornography?

    I know the latter suggestion is unpopular, but the mass access and normalisation of depictions of sexual exploitation and rape surely is a factor?

    Like, what was the browsing history of this man who orally raped an unconscious woman repeatedly, causing her to have a heart attack?

  • Violent misogyny is central to the Rights political platform- Tate being one of the primary influences on young men for example. The whole repeal the 19th amendment part of Trumps Project 25 coalition and the push from the evangelicals for women to derive power only through their father or husband.

  • Violent misogyny

    It's one of mankind's worst afflictions but there doesn't seem to be a concerted effort to do anything about it.

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