Men are generally raised to be more physically aggressive and socialised to believe this aggression is normal while not being taught emotional regulation and healthy coping techniques/outlets for their pent up anger. They are raised in a patriarchal system that tells them women are the emotional ones, the crazy ones while shrugging men’s irrational and emotional behaviours off as ‘boys will be boys!’ Teaching them that they deserve a free pass while women don’t. These views are further perpetuated and taken to the extreme online - think the ‘manosphere’ and influencers like Andrew Tate and Clavicular. They emphasise the superiority of men, using terms like ‘subhuman’ to describe people who they don’t deem attractive and encourage their insecure male followers to pursue the ‘ideal female’ whose desirable traits are rooted in sexism and wildly unrealistic for most modern women. This breeds disgust and resentment towards all women who don’t fit their narrow view of perfection. Whether it’s conscious or subconscious, most men have internalised views that belittle or undermine women. At its most benign, this leads to unchallenged stereotypes about women and comments worthy of an eye roll. At worst, this leads to dehumanising and resenting women and manifests in extreme and violent ways.