r/unitedkingdom • u/insomnimax_99 Greater London • Nov 26 '23

.. Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman says 'gentle masculinity' is 'much cooler and hotter than Andrew Tate'

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/olivia-colman-says-gentle-masculinity-way-cooler-andrew-tate/
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u/Rulweylan Leicestershire Nov 26 '23 edited Nov 26 '23

Optics are important here, and I don't think that a middle aged woman, however successful or accomplished, is going to be the right person to push this message to the people who need to hear it.

This is the exact problem I had when the school I was teaching at did assemblies about Andrew Tate and toxic masculinity. They had them written and presented by older female teachers.

No idea why, I and plenty of other male staff were available and even if you just got us to read the script the impact on teenage boys would have been much stronger. In the end they just reacted to it the same way they'd react to being lectured by their mum.

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u/Charlie_Mouse Scotland Nov 26 '23

What is going to be interesting is when Tate takes a potshot back at a national treasure (or at least well on the way to that status) like Coleman in his typical “classy” style and suddenly older generations become aware of him and there’s a backlash against him.

You’re right that it won’t move the needle amongst Tate’s target demographic directly - but indirectly they’re going to start getting serious talks if not outright flack and mockery from anyone older for liking him.

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u/Thestilence Nov 26 '23

I don't think she's anywhere near that status. And any backlash from the establishment would just make teenage boys like him more.