I basically agree that the basic premise of this show is absurd. The idea that the insult “incel” would even be all that meaningful to a 13 year old boy was hard to believe.
Well, it’s not that unusual in the sense that women men murder are usually known to them. But statistically, it is super unusual bc most men don’t murder women so the entire phenomenon is quite rare! But more relevant to this show, knife murders of anyone in UK are typically perpetrated both by and against young men from broken homes living in poverty. A 2 parent house with a traditional dad is statistically a bulwark against such a thing, not a reason for it.
I basically agree that the basic premise of this show is absurd. The idea that the insult “incel” would even be all that meaningful to a 13 year old boy was hard to believe.
Right?! But also, that even if it were, that he’d commit premeditated murder…
If he was 22 and also having a schizophrenic break it wouldn’t be that surprising tho
Sure! Though even then it’d be rare! Not a prototype of the disaffected male in our time!
Idk feel like murdering a gf type is not all that unusual
Well, it’s not that unusual in the sense that women men murder are usually known to them. But statistically, it is super unusual bc most men don’t murder women so the entire phenomenon is quite rare! But more relevant to this show, knife murders of anyone in UK are typically perpetrated both by and against young men from broken homes living in poverty. A 2 parent house with a traditional dad is statistically a bulwark against such a thing, not a reason for it.
Great post, Elizabeth! Janice Fiamengo and Tom Golden also posted about this horrible, gender-biased Netflix show (https://fiamengofile.substack.com/p/in-every-white-boy-a-potential-killer and https://menaregood.substack.com/p/netflix-adolescence-entertainment, respectively)
Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much!