21/03/2026
I watched the Louis Theroux doco the other night and it has stayed with me.
It also worries me, how dangerous the normalisation of this behaviour is, this drift toward disrespect, toward deviance and how easily these young people. are being conned, really that’s what this is, confused young men wanting to be better being by these influencers And I feel it’s important to add my voice to the scales of humanity.
I’m not a 23-year-old trying to work it out.
I’m a man who’s lived a full life.
I was raised by a strong woman, I’ve stood beside a strong woman and I’m raising a young woman.
So let me say this clearly!
If your version of masculinity requires you to diminish a woman, it’s not strength.
The version of masculinity being sold right now, has nothing to do with being a man
because a real man's strength isn’t found in dominance or disrespect,
It’s found in how we show up, how we respect others and how we carry ourselves when life tests us.
For the young men finding their way
there is a better path.
And I know one day you’ll realise that the way you treat women says everything about the man you are.
That’s what I’ve learned.
Not from TikTok.
Not from YouTube.
From life.
Being a man is being the best version of yourself not a version some fool is profiting from