Misogyny is, once again, the talk of the town. And as ever, everyone is worlds apart. One side clutches their pearls, playing the damsel in distress, as if society is about to implode; and the other rolls its eyes, waving away the latest social phenomenon as merely “woke nonsense”. Boys, of course, are in their usual position at the centre. One arm is held firmly by the red team, and the other arm, clutched by team blue, is yanked in the opposite direction. Boys in the middle; are bored, bemused, and betrayed, tired of the squabbling, off being used a political pawns, with their voice drowned out by the explosions and angry yells that echo all around them. The boys, always spoken about, and never too, in an endless cacophony of outrage, and moral panic. What we so desperately need is an expert to talk to us, in real terms, about misogyny. Not the ideological or political kind of ‘expert’, but a medical and scientific one, who can provide a pragmatic, evidence based, and objective view, of just what the hell is going on. The good news is, now we have one. With the British Medical Journal publishing a wonderful opinion piece that dissects, with ease, the culture war, throws a bucket of water onto the moral panic, and gives a long over-due listening ear to the boys in the middle. The title of said piece says it all: ‘Boys at risk of radicalisation must be approached with compassion, not suspicion.’ Let’s take a read. ~ Full BMJ Opinion Piece bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s345

2026-03-20