The Dangerous-Son Problem

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Scott, a father of two boys ages 11 and 13, recalled recently hearing one say to the other, “What color is your Bugatti?” “That’s an Andrew Tate–ism,” Scott explained. “Someone’s criticizing him and he uses that as a retort: ‘Anything you have to say to me doesn’t matter because you don’t have a Bugatti and I do.’”

Scott was only vaguely familiar with Tate, a central figure in the so-called manosphere, who has been accused of human trafficking and...