My youngest brother (13) said some shockingly misogynistic stuff today so I addressed it gently. He felt embarrassed that he came under influence so easily like that, admitted to coming across yt channels shaping his mind and how he never considered they could be wrong (1/n)

So I looked into the stuff he was watching. It didn't make sense why such ill-informed videos (anti-feminism/misogyny) were coming up on an account that only indulges in minecraft gameplays and memes. Is it ridiculous to assume that algorithm of platforms such as yt (2/n)

is designed to target a very specific demographic of people (i.e. gamers), which feeds off of their physical/irl "social-isolation" and gives it reason rooted in misogyny? Which turns them into "incels"? In reality, they're just introverts (there's nothing wrong with that) (3/n)

Why is my brother, who has never cared for socialized gender norms suddenly saying "women make a big deal of everything"? When it's NEVER been a concern for him before. This boy that actually stood up to his classmates 6 months ago when they talked degradingly about women (4/n)

This young man sat down with me with an open heart, asking questions and getting answers, agreeing in shocked silence to the evidence I provided him of patriarchy and misogyny. I have so much love for him and he continues to amaze me with how willing he is to listen (5/n)

And I understand that he's feeling lost. That he's lost yet another male role model in a sense. Dad's always abroad for work and older brother (19) is too busy studying. I'm his only source of rationale, but he cannot completely depend on me to define manhood and (6/n)

masculinity for him. He needs someone that identifies with his own identity to find the ability and comfort to open up about things that I as an AFAB agender will never be able to understand. So he turns to yt to fill in the gap or neglect. Just like how I did when I needed (7/n)

answers to my orientation and gender-identity. There is nothing wrong in looking for role-models beyond parents, but we need to educate kids on how to identify good role models to begin with. I'm just glad my brother felt comfortable enough to share his views with me (8/n)

Attaching a video he asked me to rationalize for him. I'm shocked:

For more insight on what kind of person my brother is. This will help you understand why I was so take aback: https://twitter.com/simpin4adora/status/1274763451982905344?s=19

Also if you've made it this far, please drop down nice and fun yt channels that can actually nurture and benefit my brother. I don't want him to lose his far-sightedness, gentleness, and maturity to millenial sexism and misogyny still rampant on the internet.