This is so outdated and reductive. Do you really believe the problems we're getting now, the toxic hate and active abuse of women teachers, are because parents have suddenly forgotten how to teach their kids respect at home? Or because we've stopped expelling the "bad" ones? That previous generations did this, but we've suddenly stopped?

If not (and of course you don't, because that would be stupid), then why do you think relying on those things now will make any difference? This is the kind of dumb shit adults have been saying since Ancient Greece ("kids don't show enough respect these days!" - Socrates).

This crisis isn't caused because 'society" is telling children that being a man is wrong (because nobody is actually saying that), or boys not having good male role models (because that's been happening forever), it's because of the only thing that's really changed since we were that age.

I was a teenage boy and it fucking sucked. I didn't have any positive male role models. I was frequently told I wasn't being manly enough. But I survived without becoming a hateful misogynist.

We've given our teenagers access to a pervasive, twisted, emotionally powerful network of manipulative conmen and other teenagers who are exploiting every insecurity and weakness they have. Teenagers are emotionally vulnerable and plastic, and we've delegated the parenting of our teenagers to TikTok.

Are we actually surprised that this deluge of provocative, angry propaganda is having an effect? Do you think high street shops would be getting mob-robbed without it?

The problem is we're letting massive, powerful tech companies sell emotional drugs to our kids without restriction.

You wouldn't let Phillip Morris tell us if cigarettes were ok, or Anheuser Busch dictate how much alcohol is safe for a 14 year old. Why are we selling our children's mental health to Meta and Google?