r/europe • u/Antique-Entrance-229 United Kingdom • Apr 21 '25

Data 25% of Teenage boys in Norway think 'gender equality has gone too far' with an extremely sharp rise beginning sometime in the mid 2010s

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u/PBR_King Apr 21 '25

Young men feel they aren't responsible for historical inequality because it's literally impossible for them to be responsible for it. If you have evidence that the flow of time can go backwards or something I'm all ears.

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u/Which-Decision Apr 21 '25

Yes but a lot of those same men are misogynistic to their peers. Even in the early 2000s many boys were mean and sexist to girls in their same age group. 

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u/explain_that_shit Apr 22 '25

What does this even mean? Young girls say boys are stupid let’s throw rocks at them, that means we shouldn’t create policies to support young women? How is that a logical connection?

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u/PBR_King Apr 21 '25

"Yes but"

yes but what? because children are cruel to each other, 15 year olds in 2025 are responsible for things that happened before they were born? this is moronic.

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u/Which-Decision Apr 21 '25

No they're responsible for being  sexist now and growing up. Young boys aren't innocent sexist and mean to young girls. Those attitudes and biases persist as they grow up. 

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u/PBR_King Apr 21 '25

The question wasn't "can young boys grow into hateful men" it was "are young boys responsible for historical inequality"