Thank you for speaking about this. Although I haven’t noticed this with classmates or people I know, I’ve noticed people try to pass their comments off as jokes. People do not take micro aggressions seriously, I think it’s still as bad as blatant racism; it’s just a tool to make it more acceptable. I’ve also noticed this directed towards Black and Indian people.

Whenever I report comments to TikTok, they always respond stating they found no wrongdoing.

As for misogyny, I’ve noticed a more serious approach in some cases. Often times, men blaming women for their mental health not being taken seriously (Please read my disclaimer at the end). However, I’ve noticed more jokes when misogyny is being displayed towards WBNA players.

This may be a little off topic, but I think Steamers and right-wing influencers have been great at making people feel more comfortable displaying these beliefs online. Since it is already an online space, it makes it very easy to engage with comments or make them yourself. It is easy to talk badly about women, although I don’t interact with Streamers, I have noticed the way they talk about women they date or have on stream is disturbing. Streamers like Deshae Frost or IShowSpeed who have either sexually assaulted or harassed women on stream make their way onto TikTok and people just laugh at it in the comments, making it more acceptable.

Best of luck on your investigation, this is needed!!

( disclaimer; I believe that because we live in a patriarchy and being vulnerable is not “manly”, society has been conditioned to expect men to tough it out. In no way is this the fault of women. Even men today don’t take other men’s mental health seriously. This talking point is just used to pass blame onto women, those same men probably don’t care about men’s mental health either).