Description

In this episode, the doctors perform a clinical examination of the pathological messaging aimed at young men by right-wing influencers like Nick Fuentes. They dissect the misogyny spreading through social media platforms, with particular attention to the inflammatory rhetoric that leads to dangerous attitudes toward women. The prognosis? With a strong dose of media & gender literacy, recovery is possible.

• Touré’s fact checks on the Diddy doc (this & this); Jeff Pearlman’s insights. Keffe D is set to be on trial in 2026 for the murder of Tupac Shakur. If you go down this rabbit hole, let us know!
• More on fake email addresses created by boys to antagonize their classmates
• Pew data
• Arghavan’s viral video about the growing ideological gender gap
• International survey data showing Gen Z's disparate views on gender equality
• Jesse Mack Butler story
• Scott Galloway’s Notes on Being a Man
• Kristen Ghodsee’s Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism

Fact Check: Women were not able to have their own bank accounts or credit without a man until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. Here’s how the act came to be.

💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning💊

Arghavan shared the Diddy dance trend

• Here is a video of Diddy’s performance at the MTV Awards (that inspired the trend below)
• Here are a few videos of folks making fun of Diddy dancing and supposedly mourning Biggie’s death from @the.only.v, @kidrawofficial, and @toolie_xo

Alyssa loves the reaction videos about the adversaries physicians face

• Physician Associate Yiannis K. gives his top 5 adversaries, football style

Activation Awareness: This episode contains discussions of misogyny, sexual v

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Credits

• Production by Arghavan Salles and Alyssa Burgart
• Editing by Alyssa Burgart
• Theme Music by Joseph Uphoff
• Social Media by Arghavan Salles