Return of Boko Haram: Feminists Seek to Vilify Young Boys as ‘Misogynistic’

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Return of Boko Haram: Feminists Seek to Vilify Young Boys as ‘Misogynistic’

April 7, 2025 – Ten years ago Boko Haram, the Muslim terrorist group, abducted thousands of schoolchildren — about 10,000 boys (1) and 300 girls (2) — in northern Nigeria. But inexplicably, the vast majority of media accounts focused only on the plight of the girls (3).

The media neglect of the boys, many of whom were forced to take up arms and later perished in combat, represents one the most egregious examples of journalistic bias in modern times.

Now, boys around the world are facing what is referred to as the “Boy Crisis” – the fact that schoolboys in many countries are becoming disconnected from their schools, families, and society in general (4). But instead of reporting factually on the crisis, feminist-driven media outlets are now working to create a new, toxic narrative.

Last week the New York Times published an article by Jessica Grose titled, “Tate-Pilled Boys Are a Problem for Schools” (5). Readers didn’t need to read the actual piece to grasp its message. All they had to do was glance at the image, strategically placed at the top of the article, of an angry teenage boy, fists clenched, glaring at his female teacher.

The NYT article cites the recent Netflix movie Adolescence, a fictional account of a knife attack by a 13-year-old boy on a British schoolgirl (6). But Netflix is an entertainment channel; it’s not known for producing documentaries that are balanced and fair.

Adolescence has been strongly criticized around the world. American columnist Nicole Russell commented, “’Adolescence’ promotes a political agenda, and the narrative is built around that. It’s a screed about toxic masculinity with a 13-year-old child at its center.” (7)

The New York Times opinion piece also references a 2023 article by Stephanie Wescott, published in an obscure journal called Gender and Education. The article’s ideological thrust can be quickly gleaned from its inflammatory title: “The Problem of Anti-feminist ‘Manfluencer’ Andrew Tate in Australian Schools: Women Teachers’ Experiences of Resurgent Male Supremacy.” (8)

The project relies on a type of research known as “qualitative,” which allows the researcher to selectively recruit the participants, pose leading questions, and manipulate the data. In this case, Wescott interviewed only 30 teachers, out of the over 320,000 teachers in Australia (9). The article never states the exact questions that were posed, or the number of teachers reporting no instances of classroom abuse. It’s all anecdotal, and laughable.

Rather than responding to the Boy Crisis with empathy, compassion, and wisdom, feminists are seeking to stereotype boys as “toxic” and “misogynistic” (10).

Targeting and vilifying young, innocent children whose only sin was to be born male represents a special form of evil.

The Domestic Abuse and Violence International Alliance – DAVIA — consists of 182 member organizations from 38 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. DAVIA seeks to ensure that domestic violence and abuse polices are science-based, family-affirming, and gender-inclusive. https://endtodv.org/coalitions/davia/

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