womanthismonth.com | JUNE 2025 OPINION 81 Watching Adolescence is like watching the manosphere brought to life. Jamie’s emotional fragility, his sense of entitlement and his inability to deal with rejection mirror the exact patterns we’re seeing online with Tate’s followers. And let’s be clear, this isn’t just about one troubled boy in a fictional story. It’s about a very real generation of boys being taught that dominance equals strength, that emotions are weakness, and that women owe them something simply for existing. The consequences for women Andrew Tate’s popularity isn’t an accident. He portrays himself as confident, he’s loud and opinionated and appears to have all the trappings of wealth. These are qualities that appeal to young men who feel inadequate in today’s ‘woke’ world. When traditional ideas of masculinity feel under threat, figures like Tate swoop in offering identity, power and purpose. But of course all this comes at a price. One that, unsurprisingly, women must foot the bill for. As women, many of us are on the front lines of this cultural shift. We’re the mothers hearing our sons mimic toxic talking points. We’re the friends and sisters and daughters trying to explain that being respected isn’t a radical feminist demand, it’s a basic human right. So what can we do? We must start having important and uncomfortable conversations. Ask the young men in your life what they’re watching, what they think and how they feel. Boys, and men of all ages really, need to become more comfortable expressing the emotions they have been taught for too long to suppress. We also need more emotionally intelligent male role models. Boys need to see that masculinity isn’t about control or conquest, it’s about emotional strength and kindness, confidence without arrogance and vulnerability without shame. We can’t magically delete the manosphere. But we can dilute its influence by offering something more powerful: connection, compassion and a new vision of what it means to be a man in today’s world. Lola’s Night at Salero Salero Restaurant at Westin City Centre Bahrain hosted its ‘Lola’s Night’.
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