Andrew Tate isn’t feminism’s inadvertent bastard child. He’s sexism’s last gasp | Martha Gill

Equality has spawned a masculinity crisis, goes the theory. But a glance around the world's patriarchies proves otherwise

Is feminism ultimately to blame for the rise of Andrew Tate, the trillionaire" guru and self-identified misogynist who once claimed women should bear responsibility" for being sexually assaulted and who last week was arrested in Romania on charges of people trafficking? Is it western strides in equality that have pushed young men to join his 4 million followers online? Plenty of people think so.

His appeal should... be seen as a leading indicator of some of the genuine disorientation being felt by millions of boys and men," writes the author Richard Reeves, a feeling, he says, which results from the extraordinary successes of the women's movement". Boys are being overtaken by girls in education. Men longer know who they should be.