I would like to see any empirical evidence to suggest what percent actually like him/other misogynistic icons. It is definitely far too many but I imagine the media might just be trying to get clicks and shares by saying that everyone is.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

In the Netherlands the public broadcaster polled young men and found that one in four "agreed (partially) with Andrew Tate" and that in that group half of them agreed with his statement that women are lazy compared to men.

If you look at support for the far-right, it's usually much higher among young men than among young women, except in France where the RN scores high among both. On average the far-right is supported by a third of young men, going by an EU poll from 2024: https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-young-people-right-wing-voters-far-right-politics-eu-elections-parliament/

The most damning study is this one, where 60% of Gen Z men believe the US has become "too soft and feminine": https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/aug/07/gen-z-voters-political-ideology-gender-gap

However, it says that this doesn't make them exceptionally conservative, it only looks like it because young women are turning left at a high rate, creating a large political gap between the genders:

Gen Z men, Deckman noted, have “reverted to the mean of men”: while they’re not necessarily more conservative that most men, they are more conservative than their millennial counterparts.

Note: the graph only considers "liberals" and "conservatives"

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 1 points 20 hours ago

+30 Lib

[–] Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Interesting, I do wonder how much this is influenced by willingness to fill out a poll on the subject, as I imagine that many would not unless they already had some position taken on the matter. Definitely a problem one way or another though