The Boy Mom Epidemic is Coming For Us All

Download Two Dots https://twodots.onelink.me/8e55/jessi... and join their 12th Anniversary event for a chance to win $12k! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to residents of 50 US/DC, CA (excl. QC), FR, DE, & UK for Physical Prizes; Worldwide for Digital Prizes. 18+. Ends 10AM CEST 6/30/26. Max 10k entries. Skill-test for CA. See Official Rules for complete details: https://zynga.support/TDSweetDozenPri.... Void where prohibited. Sponsor: Zynga. Why are so many women raising boys with feminist values… while still excusing harmful behaviour in men? From “boy mum” culture and reality TV to the manosphere, Andrew Tate, Love Island, Married at First Sight UK and Bad Boyfriends — this video explores how online motherhood, gender expectations, and social media algorithms may be shaping the way boys grow into men. Are boys being taught emotional accountability differently from girls? Why do so many parenting trends reinforce gender stereotypes? And what happens when motherhood itself becomes a performance online? As a queer parent, I also wanted to explore how LGBTQ+ families often sit outside these rigid parenting identities and why that matters. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Gender performativity & social media culture 10:54 The Rise of the Momfluencer 16:32 “Boy mum” culture & gender stereotypes 21:52 Feminism and raising sons 28:29 Boys in the media, red pill culture & the manosphere 38:17 Queer parenting vs heteronormative parenting 47:29 What next? VIDEOS / ARTICLES REFERENCED: ITV: Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends BBC News: Married at First Sight UK allegations- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... Buzzfeed: Love Island UK criticism- https://www.buzzfeed.com/yiotademos/t... ACADEMIC SOURCES: Butler, J. (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Douglas, S. & Michaels, M. (2004). The Mommy Myth Dunn, J. (1988). The Beginnings of Social Understanding Eliot, L. (2009) Pink Brain, Blue Brain Fine, C (2010) Delusions of Gender Gilligan, C. (1982) In a Different Voice Golombok, S. (2015) Modern Families Hays, S. (1996) The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood hooks, b. (2004) The Will to Change Katz, J. (2006) The Macho Paradox STUDIES: Bos & Sandfort (2010) — Gender development in children of same-sex parents Condry & Condry (1976) — Sex differences in responses to infants Farr, R. H., Forssell, S. L., & Patterson, C. J. (2010) — Parenting and child outcomes in same-sex families Fivush (1991) — Gender and emotion in parent-child conversations Golombok et al. (2014) — Longitudinal studies on children in lesbian-parent families Gunderson, Elizabeth A et al. (2013) — Parent praise to 1- to 3-year-olds predicts children's motivational frameworks 5 years later. Praveen (2025) — A Systematic Review of the Impact of Parenting-based Social Media Influencers on Maternal Mental Health and Child Commercialization INTIMINA. (2023) Does Social Media Make You Feel Like a Bad Mom? Illustration by pikisuperstar on Magnific, Stock footage by pexels.com