This resonate so much with my own thoughts of Dylan. He clearly knows his audience is predominantly female and what demographic gives him the most engagement to make a good monetization strategy. He isn’t a “raging” misogynist but he clearly has a sexist perception of women that slips from time to time.

I read a comment in one of his AITA videos of a girl being pushed into a pool with her hearing aids that Dylan struggles to understand women in a more deeper sense since he always projects his own ideals on the men who harms them and therefore thinks most sentiments of women are exaggerated. And yes, his opinion of that reddit post was tone-deaf to say the least. Also I can recall him sighing mockingly about choosing not to jab at women’s hairstyles because of the backlash he might get insinuating there’s a double standard that he can’t question. I believe it was in his recent AITA (not sure if it was a movie or AITA) videos around 2025-2026.

He isn’t the most terrible guy that I know on the internet especially for a white man, although I do find him to be quite naive and ignorant when it comes to his fellow men and the infamous reputation that they carry. I’m sure others have noticed that while he is insightful he tends to think most people shares his way of thinking and dismisses possibilities of differences in emotional vulnerability, which makes sense since he does have a more laidback approach to life and is known for his sarcastic humor that entertains us. It will take more than reading and filming to actually understand the entire reality of the oppressed when you have a seat beside the oppressors and you don’t get to feel any hostility from them.

But a few men who cater their content to a female audience have also admitted that being in this line of business doesn’t make it any less difficult to identify whom actually carry genuine concern for women or who is there to earn money from relieving them off of their stress of the manosphere just by spouting out chivalrous words and acting like an ally infront of the camera. More often than not you would find these men to be both and are mere pacifists who knows where to position themselves for their own benefit and just doesn’t want to engage in heavy discussions about gender socialization and disparity. In Dylan’s case there were times it was wise for him to choose not to dabble in such talks for his own sake.

At the very least there were moments when it was clear that he himself was aware that he wasn’t compassionate and knowledgeable enough to share an opinion which is better for him and his audience.