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The Unseen Crisis: Why Blaming Andrew Tate is Good but Not Enough
Watching Adolescence left me with a deep sense of outrage and grief. A 13-year-old boy stabs a girl who rejected him, and the tragedy unravels like a grim reflection of our reality. The police are unequipped to understand how young people communicate, the classrooms are overcrowded and underfunded, and parents are absent, consumed by the struggle to make ends meet. Meanwhile, these boys — lost, angry, and drowning in low self-worth — become easy prey for misogynists. And yet, it is girls who pay the ultimate price, their safety stolen simply because they dared to say no.
We are living in a world that is increasingly unsafe for women and girls. Every time we leave our homes, every time we surf the internet, every time we participate in social discourse, we take a risk. The reality is terrifying — young boys, fueled by entitlement and desperation, are turning to violence when faced with rejection. The message is clear: women’s autonomy, their right to exist freely, is under constant threat.
It’s easy to blame figures like Andrew Tate for radicalizing young boys into believing that women owe them attention, sex, and submission. But placing the blame solely on him (or others like him) is a lazy way to avoid dealing with the real, systemic issues at play. These boys aren’t born violent misogynists. They are…
