Patriarchal Panic: Reactionary Machismo, Zero-Sum Politics, and Radicalisation

Like many well-meaning, left-leaning, oat-milk-drinking adults, my partner and I watched Netflix’s Adolescence with the fascinated dread of watching a gender implode in real time. The insecure man, afraid of losing his crown, therefore doubles down on his dominant behaviour. At the heart of it lies a belief that if someone else gains power, the Lees verder "Patriarchal Panic: Reactionary Machismo,…