Andrew Tate is a misogynist con artist who normalizes misogyny. He wraps up in discourse of rationality and says this is just the way that the world is. I don't think that we can say that the men that engage with this content are fundamentally misogynistic it might be that through a process of repeated watching of engaging with his content they may be nudged towards these positions as misogynistic but that's what a lot of radicalization looks like.
Controversial manfluencer Andrew Tate is in a Romanian prison, accused of rape and human trafficking. Vox’s Rebecca Jennings and sociolinguist Robert Lawson explain why his brand of grotesque misogyny appeals to millions of men.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
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