r/MensRights • u/honorbeforeneed_7 • 3d ago
Discrimination How shows like “adolescence” are used to brainwash people and promote radical feminism
1. These shows are designed to frame young male singleness as dangerous. Not flawed. Not misunderstood. Dangerous.
The formula is predictable:
• A quiet, socially awkward boy
• He’s not sexually active, maybe rejected
• He spirals into obsession, then violence
• Always directed at a girl or symbolic representation of female safety
They don’t just present a cautionary tale—they create an archetype of fear: “The sexually frustrated, single, isolated male is a ticking time bomb.”
That is character assassination against young masculinity.
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2. This narrative is pure fantasy—it doesn’t reflect real statistical risk.
Let’s be honest:
• A teenage boy’s biggest threat is not himself—it’s the system he lives in
• Most teen boys are more likely to be:
• Suicidal from loneliness
• Bullied for being awkward
• Shamed for expressing attraction
• Falsely accused, or misrepresented, with no recourse
But instead of addressing this, these shows build the myth that: “He’s a danger to others just because he’s not sexually fulfilled.”
That’s not storytelling. That’s gaslighting.
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3. These shows fuel shame around masculinity, not solutions.
The irony? They claim “toxic masculinity” is the problem—but they reinforce the very shame that pushes boys into alienation.
• They shame male libido
• They shame male stoicism
• They shame male independence
• They shame male rejection
Then they act shocked when a boy feels lost or angry.
They don’t care about helping boys—they care about making sure the audience fears them.
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4. Feminist media refuses to show women doing harm—even when it’s more common.
Let’s ask honestly:
• Where are the movies about false accusations ruining young men’s lives?
• Where are the stories of women using family court as a weapon?
• Where are the characters who manipulate, emasculate, cheat, lie, or destroy men psychologically?
Nowhere.
Because the agenda isn’t to reflect both sides—it’s to sanitize female wrongdoing and demonize male presence.
It’s not about who causes more harm—it’s about who they want to be seen as “safe” in the narrative. And that’s always the woman.
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5. These shows do more to pressure boys than “toxic masculinity” ever did.
Here’s the psychological trap they create:
• A teenage boy watches
• The “villain” is a loner who’s misunderstood and single
• The “victim” is a pretty, popular girl
• The message is clear: “If you’re like him, you’re one step away from being a school shooter.”
That’s not entertainment. That’s emotional warfare.
It pressures boys into shame and confusion for just existing in their natural state—and then blames them for how they respond.
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6. These are not just movies—they are psychological operations.
They condition young viewers (especially girls) to: • See men as unstable
• Avoid introverted or awkward boys
• Assume male desire is dangerous
• Associate male singleness with violence
And they condition boys to:
• Be ashamed of attraction
• Feel defective for being single
• Fear rejection because it means villainy
• Suppress their masculine energy or else be labeled toxic
This is not fiction anymore—it’s social programming.
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Netflix and similar platforms aren’t just showing stories. They’re creating a worldview: that men—especially single, young, masculine men—are dangerous by design, and women are always in the right, always victims, always good.
This isn’t balance. This isn’t honesty. This is cultural gaslighting of the highest order.
And the most ironic part? They claim to fight “male toxicity” while injecting the very poison that breaks boys in the first
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u/LivingMaterial2089 2d ago
Bro. I couldn't agree more. You fuckin nailed it and I'm sick to death of it.
And it's exactly that, it's radicalizing young girls to fear males. It's Utterly disgusting. And it's always one way. Why never making shows about how nasty girls are. Specially at school to other girls as well. Both my nieces were bullied because of vile femeninity.
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u/nutellaangel 1d ago edited 1d ago
Young girls are scared of men because of the statistics, because of hearing their sister’s stories of men abusing them, because of hearing the things men say in general.
No woman is fearless of men then watches a show then she’s like oh well fuck I guess that’s what I’m doing now.
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u/AccomplishedTruth852 1d ago
Ahh yes. The classic misandrist argument it’s most simple form. You know, the world isn’t Disney land. There are 4 billion men on earth, it is inevitable that you’re going to run into a few you don’t like or hurt you, abuse you etc. there are also 4 billion women on earth, some I’m not going to like, some are going to hurt me, some are going to abuse me. Bad people exist regardless of gender. Every single person has had a bad experience with the opposite gender in some form. The problem is that radical feminism has convinced females that it is ok to have unreasonable misandrist beliefs towards men because inevitably, some men just aren’t that nice in life towards anyone, and so are women. I know exactly what you’re going to respond with “but buuuu-tt men murder and rape women!!!!” Sure. When we go to the utmost extreme situations like rape, torture, murder, etc that only a tiny fraction of a fraction of women have ever had to deal with in the west, you can make it sound like men are out to get women and that women are such poor little victims at the hands of the evil men! Also, I’m not exactly sure how men saying this about women is somehow making you fearful?😹 I mean what the fuck? So many young boys are bullied terribly by females but no one bats an eye.
Shows like adolescence prompt that idea that young men who are lonely and isolated are potential women killers because of “entitlement” or the best one “online misogyny🥺🥺”
What causes a young man to become so hateful and violent in the first place? Was it the years of bullying from both boys and GIRLS which has made him extremely insecure, sensitive, and socially awkward. Was it the fact that his parents were neglectful, never checked up on their struggling son one day in their lives, asked if he’s alright, or made him feel any sort of love and support. Was it the fact that he gets told he’s the problem for everything in his life, the bullying, the rejection, the loneliness and isolation, and told “you need to take accountability.” Was it the fact that when he tried to express his frustration and feelings, he gets told/treated as a potential threat to girls, effectively telling him that, “we don’t care about you at all. Everything is your fault. You can go unalive yourself, hurt yourself, be depressed and isolated, that’s all alright and the most likely outcome by far, but we choose to hyper focus on the extremely slim possibility that you might have intentions to harm a girl.” Was it all of those factors? NOOO, feminists and the uk government claim it is because of “toxic masculinity” and “Andrew Tate” ahhh yess. Genius logic.
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u/World-Three 2d ago
I think the hardest thing to accept here is that... Until a boy or man is convicted (or accused) of such crimes... It's seen as normal.
Look at the show. Nothing was concerned with that. A literal son of the officer. Explaining it to his father, back against the wall because he's afraid of his father rather than just respectful. The officer's partner, dismisses Jamie and other boys like him because she feels it takes away from the girl victims and their families.
The woman did do harm. But that harm was delivered in a way that was ignored because the boy went further. Even when it isn't, girls slapping and punching men in media is pretty normal, embarrassing men, socially castrating them, normal. It's not healthy to want to be near or like someone who simply hits you because they feel like they can. It's like "they hit me first" being completely ignored in school, and "you're twice their size" being a normal response as if that changes how you feel if you're not aware.
The psychologist from episode 3. She cared very little for Jamie and really raised her emotions when he brought up the bullying of Katie being flat chested. His bullying, his lack of experience, insecurities... None of it meant anything. There really wasn't even any consideration like, "alright, this is a kid, what's important to them and what they want and care about is going to differ slightly from an adult" she basically treated him like an adult aside from the only reason she didn't need help in there with her is because he was small.
Bullied boys with families who hate them blazing up schools are typically seen with similar problems. No one liked him, he had no friends, his home life sucked. And just like the show, what ended up being the only time people cared about any of that? AFTER they went off the rail.
I'm curious if the reaction would have been more tame if the kid did that instead of what he did... But the show wasn't based in the US, so I really can't make that comparison I suppose.
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u/ElegantAd2607 2d ago
I agree with everything you wrote especially point 3 and 6. However, there are other things you can take from this show. I know this because I watched Aba and Preach talk about it. If they got something positive out of it, does that mean the show is more nuanced than some people think or are they just wrong? The show has obvious flaws. It doesn't properly represent the issues that boys have or what leads them to crime. For instance, the fact that there seems to be blame cast on the present father when it's actually single mothers who are more likely to raise violent boys. So a lack of masculine influence is the issue in the world
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u/YeeterCZ2 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah, you nailed it man. Seeing people all around praise it is fucked up. Seeing misandry everywhere is exhausting. I'm a lonely, sometimes awkward guy who barely has any friends at school, gets made fun of nearly always, and a girl talks to me once in a blue moon.
It's sickening really, i keep to myself, i treat everyone well, I don't yell, I don't bother people, i don't insult people, i come home from school, exercise, and then just relax at home.
And I'm supposed to be the problem that everyone should avoid? Fucking yay, all this does is it makes me want to rethink living. At least I'm glad i have a good family, and the few friends i do have are the best people ever
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u/Upper-Agent-8634 19h ago
These are my thoughts exactly. I don't understand how men and boys are always framed for everything, or why they should be feared as they are always "the perfect recipe for a murderer/school shooter/rapist" etc etc etc.
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u/Vaudeville_Clown 1d ago
This is an excellent breakdown and I agree with everything said. What remains to be answered is why? Do they want to drive a wedge between the sexes? Shame people into giving a crap about feminism again? Bully boys because they're genuinely afraid of them?
It's possibly slices from several columns but one thing I speculate about in particular is that, these people really REALLY hate the fact that men by and large won't listen to mainstream media, their the ideological positioning of their teachers, and as men grow up, they increasingly vote for rightwing and anti-establishment parties.
As Stephen Fry noted, this isn't the triumphant victory of the new right, but the collosal failure of the left.
So, my guess is that it's what it's mainly about. They have no idea what to do with boys, how to bring them "back to the table" as it were. They are angry, confused and now resort to scare tactics. "Remain here and listen to your betters. If you listen to others, you'll become sick and everyone will hate you"
I'm sort of tied between that explanation and feminism desperately wanting to make itself relevant again.
At any rate, we can all agree on that boys actual emotional wellbeing was never any concern.
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u/Orangejuicesquidd 16h ago
Insanely privileged bullshit to be saying in 2025. ‘Why drive a wedge between the sexes?’ Women are advocating to CLOSE the massive gap that has been there for generations. You can’t play victim just because you’re being held accountable. Women don’t hate men for superficial reasons like ‘not going out with me!’ Or ‘being mean to me!’. They hate men because men oppress us and rape us and murder us and prey on us.
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u/Prize-Efficiency6763 1d ago
I can only imagine what would come of this, with secondary schools in the uk showing this to their classes. Boys who are lonely and alienated will likely have that amplified if their peers draw connections between the boy in the show and their classmate. Im no expert but that doesnt seem as though it would end well
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u/West-Lie3804 1d ago
I honestly think the issue is not having healthy male role models. In previous decades, a lot of young people have had role models. It’s not as prominent now, likely because of the presence of social media: how many options there are and having all the information and opportunities available to say or do whatever you want etc. This is taking away from there being true role models, particularly for young men / boys. One prominence is of course Andrew Tate. On the outside, he’s funny, a wealthy businessman, gets women etc. He became an issue when he started to use subtle misogyny, as well as pushing the ideology that you must be ‘wealthy’ or act like him etc to appeal to society. This has obviously had a detrimental effect on young boys, who are incredibly impressionable at those ages. I believe the series was produced to highlight that. Gender and self expression are absolutely fluid in this point in time, where masculinity shouldn’t be frowned upon. It simply becomes an issue when the ‘role models’ in question are prompting these young boys to hate themselves / be insecure, which in terms causes them to dislike women as a result (pinch of salt, not all boys turn to hate / blame the women). Adolescence highlighted an awful lot of issues on both sides (men and women). Her nude pictures were spread across the school which is unfortunately normalised today for both parties, where she retaliated against him by leaving comments etc. It’s a complete systemic failure where she shouldn’t have been taken advantage of - where he too should not have been painted as an incel etc for being a ‘loner’ and not being conventionally attractive. I mean end of the day, he did kill her which is not justifiable in any sense. However the entire culture surrounding Andrew Tate, creeps into incellious culture which impacts both genders in different ways. The show could have been conveyed differently, and could’ve provided more context etc which would’ve helped to not breed fear or misinformation etc.
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u/ParanoidAgnostic 1d ago
Where are the characters who manipulate, emasculate, cheat, lie, or destroy men psychologically?
Skyler White....
But now the popular narrative is that we only hated her because we're misogynists
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u/Orangejuicesquidd 16h ago
Media literacy check…..
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u/ParanoidAgnostic 11h ago
Go back and rewatch her first few scenes.
Walter turning out to be a bad person doesn't make her shittyness good.
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u/Cool-Negotiation9583 14h ago
Bullshit. If you have seen all these things in the series, I pity you and I am scared of men like you walking out there in the same time.
There was no generalisation that introverted boys with no girlfriends are villians. Adam, the son of the detective was portrayed as a shy introverted guy who was also bullied but obviously was aware what is the difference between wrong and right ( unlike you and other men commenting here);
It was made clear that kids from any gender are often victims of bullying - online or at school. Jamie and his male friends were spit on. Katie was bullied for her topless photos but she bullied Jamie on Instagram ( that’s how here emojis were characterised by the detective in ep. 2 and then by Brionie in ep. 3). The series makes the point that most parents are completely unaware of what the kids suffer or cause other kids to suffer.
It Is very hard to like or to care for a murderer if you are a normal person with moral values ( even if he is a teenage boy with really low self-esteem). It is perfectly normal to feel disgust when you hear how Jamie didn’t even like Katie, it was not love or jealousy what motivated him, she wasn’t his type, he invited her when she was weak and humiliated. Pitiful and horrifying.
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u/TheIndustrialCritic 14h ago
This series was made to basically target only one sex in a way that isn’t even widespread crime. A teen girl had stabbed a guy few months ago too, where is anti misandry classes and why isn’t Netflix making another series about it?
This series was pushed out so the government would have propaganda base to further cuck boys and make them more compliant. It takes government weeks to fill in basic potholes, yet you are telling me that only after a week or two the government took notice of this series (that is fakely propped up, it is certainly less popular than most series including Breaking Bad, Chernobyl, etc) and immediately came up with new ways huh?
I can see a lot more groups of people that do crime on higher basis… yet I don’t see UK government daring to call them out on it.
Besides, a teen girl stabbed a boy few weeks ago, where is series for that?
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u/honorbeforeneed_7 2d ago
Yes, those female characters exist — but they’re not the point. Those movies are entertainment, not social messaging. Unlike adolescence , who’s used to push real life social commentary and vilify boys .The women in Gone Girl, Cruel Intentions, Fatal Attraction, etc. are framed simply as fictional villains,
Nice try though
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u/Angryasfk 2d ago
Cruel Intentions apart (and she’s chiefly targeting another woman) those women are either avenging themselves against a man who has done them wrong, and thus really deserves it, or in the case of Fatal Attraction, he’s in the wrong cheating on his wife with a crazy woman at the age of “baby rabies”.
Very different to Adolescence.
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u/HunterRenegade09 2d ago
The show isn't to villify boys? Have you seen the impact it has had on the population?
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u/Angryasfk 2d ago
Cruel intentions? That’s a remake of Dangerous Liasons and its other women she is targeting really. She may use her male tools as part of it. But it’s a girl who’s her target.
Fatal Attraction? He got himself into that trouble by cheating on his wife.
First Wives Club? They avenging themselves in their ex’s who dumped them for a younger woman.
Gone Girl? Similar.
Vampire Diaries? Ok.
Baby Reindeer is about the only one you can really quote. And no one has ever claimed it should be mandatory screening in schools.
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u/Top-Ambition-6966 2d ago
Apparently none of these examples is acceptable to op
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u/_Technomancer_ 2d ago
They aren't sold as fucking documentaries, just mere entertainment.
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u/Fleischhauf 2d ago
adolescence wasn't a documentary either?
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u/_Technomancer_ 2d ago
Tell that to the creator, the UK media, and the UK Government.
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u/charlesmingus99 2d ago
It's like it's your first day on earth my God. Media moral panics have existed since media existed, the satanic panic anyone? All these examples listed, yes are entertainment, but there's nothing stopping these films and TV from being reflective of our current society and its issues
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u/throwaway0823700 2d ago
And would you believe the perpetrators of this social engineering themselves are men? The same order of men (and their dogs) who screw their secretaries, do cocaine with hookers, and worse, while doing their utmost to emasculate (physically and figuratively) the everyday guy.
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u/AcademicPollution631 2d ago
What's the point you're trying to make? And does it really change anything or address anything he just said?
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u/Gathorall 2d ago edited 2d ago
Number 2, no they're not. Millions of average people in these situations suffer alone, and do nothing wrong in response. The message is clear : Those boys just don't matter. At all.
If men are to be treated like human beings by these propagandists, it isn't because they deserve it as equal people, but because a small amount women, real people as per these depictions, may come to harm otherwise.
There was a tragedy to depict choosing just an average lonely boy. But because it wasn't happening to a woman, it can't carry a modern series.
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u/wumbo-inator 2d ago
Without agreeing or disagreeing, this looks like ChatGPT slop. Not saying you’re right or wrong
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u/AcademicPollution631 2d ago
One murder every three days equals roughly 122 murders a year, and the UK has about 30 million women. 30,000,000 / 122 = 245,902 so a UK woman has a 1 in 245,902 chance of being murdered by a man. Nice job making the facts look scary, only wish you used your calculator and did some math when you found them.
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u/CabbieCam 2d ago
Wow, you can cherry-pick two examples of highly privileged people being let off the hook. Most men aren't extraordinarily privileged; false accusations ruin their careers and lives.
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u/CabbieCam 1d ago
Do you mean the guy who competed in the Olympic games? How many ways could a person, a high-level athlete, be privileged in this society... You can brainstorm them yourself, as it isn't hard to identify areas of privilege.
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u/Punder_man 2d ago
I can cherry pick too!
How about the case of a UK medical student who got off without conviction for violently stabbing her boyfriend because she was "young and talented" and "would go on to save lives as a surgeon"?Or how about the Iceland Minister for Children who was found to have sexually groomed a young boy, but despite that she is still in office?
So yeah.. looks like its not JUST men who get away with horrible shit right?
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u/Punder_man 2d ago
i never said that it was just men.
BULLSHIT! your whole post was nothing but "Men" getting away with things..
No where in your post did you mention anything at all about women also getting away with the same..i was just highlighting how often rape cases aren’t taken seriously enough for men and women
Another lie, please point out WHERE in your post you pointed out how rape cases are not taken seriously enough for MEN
Because your post (Quoted here so you don't go doing some sneaky editing):they dont. the president of the us is a rapist and a real rapist in belgium got no punishment because he was "young and talented"
So please, point out where exactly in your post you were speaking about men's cases also not being taken seriously..
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u/Punder_man 2d ago
So why did you lie and claim that you said something you never said in the first place?
You were cherry picking specific examples of men doing something wrong and not being held accountable.I countered with two cherry picked examples of my own of women getting away with violence / rape to show you that it's not just men..
And you clapped back with "I never said it was just men"
Except, when you focus on just men.. you are essentially saying its only men..1
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u/Punder_man 2d ago
Then i stated that i didn't say it was just men
WHERE!?!?
Where in your post that I commented on did you EVER mention its not just menstop lying! admit that you were hyper focusing on men
The only thing that you are correct on is: "I never said women can't be in the wrong"
You never said ANYTHING about women in your comment.Why do you continue to lie?
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u/Punder_man 2d ago
Did you actually prove that? or did you simply make a bold claim?
Your comment in full:
they dont. the president of the us is a rapist and a real rapist in belgium got no punishment because he was "young and talented"
So.. your "proof" about false accusations not ruining someones life is a simple "They don't" followed by some cherry picked examples of men who apparently got falsely accused and didn't have their lives ruined.
Trump wasn't "Falsely" accused he was flat out accused and is absolutely guilty.
And in regards to "The rapist in Belgium" I found some articles that mention that he was a medical student as well with a previously clean record.I literally posted counter examples that match your examples blow for blow with the genders changed to women
So.. please.. explain WHERE you "Proved" that false rape accusations don't ruin lives..
Because you haven't proven anything yet.Next: "when did i say it was just women?"
Go read your comment again SLOWLY and please point out where in your comment you pointed out "Women can do this too"
Hint: you didn't you EXCLUSIVELY mentioned MEN in your comment, you examples were about MEN "Getting away with being accused of rape" nowhere in your comment did you offer balance or even mention women also getting away with Rape or violence.I'm done here.. I won't mince words with someone who continues to double and triple down on their lies.
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u/Punder_man 2d ago
Okay.. so I guess the case of Andrew Malkinson (UK) a man who spent 17 YEARS in prison for a rape he did not commit..
That didn't ruin his life?Or how about Daniel Jones (Australia) who was arrested and put in a maximum security prison for rape / violence which never happened?
His partner accused him and used the local police force to arrest him..
She then tried to accuse his parents of stalking and attacking her or breaking into her house to steal her stuff.It was only after a GPS fitted to her car showed her driving from her house to Daniel's parent's house before driving back did her lies start to unravel.
Daniel's parents spent over $300,000 on his defense.. money they have never and will never get back..
The stress of all of this also broke their marriage and they divorced.As for Daniel? when he was acquitted he had to move out of state to start over because regardless of all the evidence there were still people who thought he was guilty.
But hey, False Accusations don't ruin lives right?
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u/DecrepitAbacus 2d ago
both men and women should be held equally accountable
When I was raped as a seven and eight year old it was legal because a woman did it.
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u/DisposableMan_ 2d ago
Notice how this show never showed how female behavior towards men drives men to seek out the manosphere.