r/AskSociology

With the Epstein Files release and many secrets of the dark Side of Hollywood being revealed, inappropriate Jokes made on TV, in the talkshows, in the movies etc. , that somehow got above our heads.

Teachers, Churches, Family it seems all societies arent exempt from this disease. Why, especially with all that is available today , why do abusers still resort to such henious acts and why is it so rampant?

I’ve seen a large number of polemic articles laying into “looksmaxing” as a trend, calling the community “narcissistic young men”. But although the term “looksmaxing” might come from the Manosphere, the intent - to try and look as good as one can - seems entirely reasonable and positive. The same applies to the use of the term “mogging”. It just means the same as being outshone. Doing both of these have been absolutely expected of women for decades, even centuries; and while it may have been said that was unfair, there has never been a popular view that those who participate in it are somehow toxic.

So why is this idea resisted so hard? That same resistance results in the actual toxic part of the Manosphere coming up with all kinds of bizarre conspiracy theories to explain why, so it has a fairly heavy negative effect.

I originally posted this in AskSocialScience but was told it could not be answered with cited sources, which given all the stuff about the “male loneliness epidemic”, seems like an odd publication gap.

I as a woman am having a very hard time understanding the women that are anti feminist think men can do no wrong and think women should be grateful for what we had before the women’s rights movement and the trad wife lifestyle and thinking women are already getting the same equalities…it’s gotta be mental illness based I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind would think like this willingly especially with the amount of free information in the world to make you think otherwise..I just want to try to understand how a woman could come to those opinions….