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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Nearly 90 per cent of young men feel entitled to a woman's affection if they are kind to them - as 63 per cent say they agree with the views of Andrew Tate in shock survey
Almost 90 per cent of young men say they feel entitled to a woman's affection if they are kind to them, a shocking new study has found. The research has uncovered a worrying trend among 18-25-year-old men and follows several high profile cases of murderers who were inspired by the rhetoric of self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate. Kyle Clifford, who raped and murdered his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt along with her sister and their mother Carol, was obsessed with the former kick-boxer's videos. And he is certainly not alone, as the study revealed that more than half of 18-25 year olds confessed they agreed with controversial influencer. The misogynist, who has been charged with a string of offences including rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm against three women - all of which he denies - has attracted an army of fans in recent years. The influencer uses his platform to peddle conspiracy theories including that women are only interested in 20 per cent of men – a view shared by 55 per cent of young men. A staggering 46 per cent of young men confessed to agreeing with some of Tate's views which include that women are 'intrinsically lazy' and there is 'no such thing as an independent female'. He has also previously said that women should 'bear responsibility' for any sexual assault. Despite wider condemnation for such statement, 17 per cent of men said they strongly agreed with the ideas he promotes on social media. Tate has been accused of feeding in to incel culture - a mainly online community of those who identify as involuntarily celibate. Those who consider themselves incels claim to be unable to find a romantic or sexual partner and the growing subculture is characterised by misogynistic language, the objectification of women and the idea that men are entitled to sex and female attention. And the shocking data shows a rise in how widespread aspects of the incel culture is with more than a third of those asked, confessing that Tate has influenced how they perceive women. Of those who did agree with Tate, almost nine out of ten young men said they felt they had the right to a woman's affection or attention simply by being kind to her while half of those asked revealed they felt overlooked and ignored by women. When thinking about heterosexual relationships, 47 per cent felt that 'the man should lead, and the woman should follow' and thought it was essential for men to be considered strong and stable as half of all 18-25 year olds asked thought that vulnerability is a sign of weakness in men. Fears around relationships was also highlighted as a key issue with 36 per cent worrying that they won't find a woman who wants to be with them in the future, despite more than half having felt at some point entitled to a women's attention or affection after being kind or generous to her. But concerns and worries they may have around relationships are not things that young men felt comfortable talking about with 42 per cent of men saying they would rather anonymously share their opinion on social media or seek guidance from male influencers rather than voicing concerns with family members. More than a third put that down to feeling that there weren't any clear role models for young men and as a result they turned to figures such as Tate. Almost three quarters of those who felt they lacked a male role model agreed with all or some of Tate's views and 62 per cent of them would turn to male influencers or social media instead of talking to friends and family. However, more than two thirds believed that men have a clear role and space in today's society and world. Despite this, many confessed they felt uncomfortable talking to their family members and especially their parents about their problems because it had changed the way they viewed women. A staggering 66 per cent of those asked believed their relationship with their parents had impacted their attitude towards women. Following influencers such as Tate's views also meant that 41 per cent strongly disagreed that Bonnie Blue is a good role model for women. The controversial porn star, who claims to have had sex with 1,057 men in one day, has openly discussed that she believes feminists have become lazy in their relationships and condones extra-marital affairs. She and Tate also appeared on a podcast episode together earlier this year where they discussed sex, relationships, porn and attitudes towards women. Discussing the findings, Leading Conscious Relationship Coach, Lorin Krenn, who commissioned the study said: 'It is extremely concerning how social media is impacting young men's attitudes towards women. 'Social media has replaced family, mentors and real-life connections as the main influence in young men's lives. The most extreme voices are dominating that space. 'Figures like Tate tap into real pain in men, but instead of helping them grow, find their place in today's world, they turn that pain into resentment towards women. That is not empowerment. 'Tate does not help heal insecurities. He exploits them, offering young men an enemy instead of a solution. 'Half of respondents admit to feeling dismissed or overlooked by women because of who they are, which is another of Tate's conspiracies. 'One third recognise how Andrew Tate has influenced how they perceive women. The true number is likely higher, because many do not even see how they have been influenced. 'It is evident how deeply toxic this ideology has become.' He added: 'This is not just about misogyny - it is about the loss of healthy, grounded masculinity. A strong man does not demand a woman's attention. He earns respect through presence, integrity, and strength, and he honours her autonomy.' Worryingly 36 per cent of young men feared they won't find a woman who wants to be with them in the future, despite feeling entitled to a woman's affection (Stock image) The survey results come after the Netflix smash hit Adolescence. The four-episode programme follows the Miller family, whose lives are torn apart when their 13-year-old son Jamie is arrested for stabbing a female classmate to death after being influenced by online misogyny. In a bid to tackle more young men flocking to Tate and absorbing incel culture or acting out violently towards women, schools are planning to give students anti-misogyny lessons in the wake of the Netflix show. The classes form part of the government's new relationships, health and sex education (RHSE) guidance, which will be introduced before the end of the academic year. the impact of the show was evident and 60 per cent of those interviewed in the study said that Adolescence changed how they perceive children's access to social media. It comes after Sir Keir Starmer revealed at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday that he was watching the mini-series with his two teenagers - and that he backs the show creators' calls for it to be shown in parliament and schools. Though Labour's classroom guidance is still being developed, it is understood to include content to 'support healthy relationships', to 'enable schools to tackle harmful behaviour and ensure that misogyny is stamped out and not allowed to proliferate', an insider source said, the Times reported. From as early as primary school, children will be encouraged to 'express and understand boundaries, handle disappointment and pay attention to the needs and preferences of oneself and others', with content modified for older children to reflect the 'real-life complexities of romantic and sexual relationships', the source added. Lorin provides identity and relationship coaching and his next event, Evolve is taking place in London on October 3rd 2025.
Daily Mail
29-06-2025
- Daily Mail
These are the horrifying hidden signs of a coercive or abusive relationship - and the actions you must take to save loved ones or yourself: DR MAX PEMBERTON
In July 2024, former soldier Kyle Clifford broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, stabbed her mother Carol – the wife of BBC racing commentator John Hunt – then killed his daughters Louise and Hannah with a crossbow. It's hard to imagine the pain Mr Hunt must feel after most of his family were murdered. But last week he gave a deeply moving interview about the grief of losing his wife and two of his daughters.
The Sun
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘My heart is the best thing about me' – BBC star shares daughter's heartbreaking video before her murder by evil ex
BBC racing star John Hunt read out a heartbreaking message his daughter shared before she was brutally killed by her ex-boyfriend. Speaking publicly for the first time since his wife and two daughters were murdered, John broke down in tears as he recalled a TikTok video about love that Louise, 25, had reposted before her death. 7 7 John choked up as he reflected on the video Louise shared after the split, which said how her heart was "the best part about me". In an emotional interview alongside surviving daughter Amy, the racing commentator told how proud he was of his daughter for loving as she did. Her former partner Kyle Clifford was handed a whole-life sentence for murdering Louise, her sister Hannah, 28, and her mum Carol, 61, on July 9 last year. Louise had broken up with Clifford 13 days before, telling friends he had a nasty temper. Pausing to gather himself during the BBC interview, he explained that he was so proud of his girls for leaving behind a "legacy of love". Reading out the message in the TikTok video, he said: "My heart is the best part about me and who I am as a person. "I will never be embarrassed for loving someone with everything in me. "Because that's how I would want someone to love me. "Yes, it didn't work out, but I don't regret loving him or how hard I loved. "I'm proud of myself for realising that love is always worth giving, even when it may not be received." John added: "They weren't Louise's words but they could well have been. "As you can tell from my reaction now, I'm so proud of them for living like that and loving like that." John went on to say that he did not want his loved ones to be defined by their deaths. How horrific triple crossbow murder unfolded – as court hears harrowing final moments of BBC star's family He told how he is still "very close" to his loved ones and speaks to his girls and wife as soon as he wakes up everyday, almost a year on since their deaths. Speaking to Victoria Derbyshire, he said: "From the moment I wake up, I say good morning to each of them. "Sometimes I say out loud to Hannah and Louise, 'sorry I can't be with you, I'm with your mum at the moment'. "As I close my eyes at night, I chat to them as well. "They're very close to me all the time." Carol, Louise, and Hannah were found dead at the family home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, in July last year. Following the deaths, John said the devastation he and his surviving daughter Amy feel "cannot be put into words". But the brave racing commentator returned to work just 60 days after the horrific deaths of his family. 7 7 Footage released by cops shows Clifford breaking down during a police interview as he is asked about a note he wrote to his family. He said he did not 'want to live my life without her' after Louise broke up with him two weeks before the attack. A harrowing trial was told the monster hatched the "carefully planned and executed" plot to attack Louise and her family after she broke up with him. Chilling CCTV showed how he began gathering items to use in the attack around two weeks before the horror. On the day of the murders, evil Clifford tricked his way inside after claiming to Carol that wanted to give Louise her belongings back following their break up. He "brutally attacked" Carol five times with a knife, covering up her body before murdering Louise and Hannah with a crossbow. When police arrived, they discovered Hannah collapsed in the doorway and Louise bound in the snug next to her mum's body. Clifford meanwhile fled to a cemetery in Enfield, North London, close to his home - sparking a manhunt.
BreakingNews.ie
26-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
John Hunt says he still talks to murdered wife and daughters ‘every day'
BBC racing commentator John Hunt has said he still speaks to his wife and two daughters daily after they were murdered in a crossbow and knife attack at their family home. Kyle Clifford, 26, killed his ex-partner Louise Hunt, 25, her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, and their mother Carol Hunt, 61, in a quiet cul-de-sac in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9th last year. Advertisement A trial heard Clifford became 'enraged' when Louise ended their 18-month relationship, leading him to 'carefully' plan the attack. Kyle Clifford was sentenced to a whole-life order for the murders (Elizabeth Cook/PA) He was sentenced to a whole-life order at Cambridge Crown Court in March after pleading guilty to the murders, while he was later convicted of raping Louise in a 'violent, sexual act of spite'. Giving their first interviews since the murders, Mr Hunt and his surviving daughter Amy Hunt said they were both keen to keep the spirit of their loved ones alive. Mr Hunt told BBC News: 'From the moment I wake up, I say good morning to each of them. Advertisement 'Sometimes I say out loud to Hannah and Louise, 'Girls, sorry I can't be with you, I'm with your mum at the moment'. As I close my eyes at night, I chat to them as well. So yeah, very close (to me) all the time.' Amy Hunt said: 'My mum, Hannah and Louise became a statistic. They became victims of Kyle Clifford. 'I want to breathe life back into my mum, Hannah and Louise as fully-rounded people.' Clifford gained access to the family home by deceiving Mrs Hunt into thinking he was returning some of Louise's things, then stabbed her to death in a brutal knife attack. Advertisement After killing Mrs Hunt, the defendant waited for an hour for Louise to enter the house, then restrained, raped and murdered her with a crossbow. He then fatally shot Hannah Hunt with the weapon when she returned to the property after work. Amy said there was nothing in Clifford's behaviour leading up to the incident that suggested he was capable of committing such crimes, but it had become clear by the end of his relationship with Louise that he was 'not that nice of a person'. She said: 'Did we have any indication that this man was capable of stabbing my mother, of tying Louise up, of raping Louise, of shooting Louise and shooting Hannah? Absolutely not.' Advertisement Mr Hunt said: 'He never once hit her. He was in the house an awful lot in that 18 months – I never heard raised voices once.' He said he recalled his three daughters going out for sushi a few weeks prior to the attack, before Hannah said on their return 'how lucky' they had been as a family. Mr Hunt added: 'It's a beautiful thing to recall. It was a beautiful thing to hear at the same time.' Hannah was able to message her boyfriend and call 999 in the moments before she died in the attack, telling them what had happened and who was responsible. Advertisement Asked if his daughter's actions had saved his life, Mr Hunt said: 'That's what I believe. 'I said it in court and I said many, many times, her doing that has given me life. And I've used that to re-ground myself on a daily basis.' He added: 'I get to live. Hannah gave me that, and I've got to treat it as a gift from her.' Clifford refused to attend his sentencing in person or via video link and was not ordered to be forcibly brought before the court as the judge believed he may have disrupted proceedings. Amy said the act was evidence there was 'consistently a system that prioritises the perpetrator', adding: 'That's a traumatising thing for so many people.' Mr Hunt, who still lives in the family home, said his return to commentary work had helped him move forward in the months after the sentencing. He said: 'When it happened I thought, 'How on earth am I ever going to be able to care about anything ever again?' 'It's fine to sit with that thought in the wreckage of what was our personal disaster. 'But you come to realise that, with a little bit of work, you can find some light again.'
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
What prison will look like for crossbow killer Kyle Clifford
When the whole-life sentence was handed down yesterday, Kyle Clifford was not there to hear it. Clifford, who brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, her mother Carol, 61, and her sister Hannah, 28, with a crossbow last year, refused to attend court for his trial or sentencing. Speaking at Cambridge Crown Court, Mr Justice Bennathan was emphatic: for such horrendous crimes, Clifford would be handed the harshest punishment available under British criminal law. 'For each of these three murders, the sentence will be one of life imprisonment with a whole-life order,' he said. 'That means a sentence from which you will never be released.' So, what will life in prison be like for Clifford, with no hope of parole? He will be joining Britain's most notorious criminals in serving a whole-life order. There have only been 100 issued since the system was introduced in 1983, although their usage has increased in recent years. The penalty is reserved for the most serious of crimes – while prisoners sentenced to life serve an average of 16.5 years in prison, a whole-life order means Clifford will never be considered for release. Roughly 70 individuals are currently serving whole-life orders in English or Welsh prisons. They include Ali Harbi Ali, who murdered Conservative MP David Amess in 2021; Jordan McSweeney, who killed law graduate Zara Aleena in 2022; Wayne Couzens, the ex-police officer who kidnapped, raped and killed Sarah Everard in 2021; the serial killer Rosemary West, and, more recently, Lucy Letby, who murdered seven babies at the Countess of Chester hospital and attempted to kill seven more. In accordance with the severity of his crimes, Clifford will be held in one of the maximum-security Category A prisons designed for the most dangerous offenders, at least initially. 'There are only a limited number of prisons that can house those who have committed crimes of such gravity it must be impossible for them to escape,' says Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project. These Category A men's prisons include HMP Belmarsh, in London, where Clifford was held before his trial, and HMP Frankland, in County Durham. 'He has committed a crime so outrageous that escape must be made impossible,' Acheson adds. A prison worker and criminologist, who prefers to remain anonymous, explains that 'the immediate concerns will be for Clifford's safety – he'll be vulnerable to assault and attack, he might have a price on his head.' His medical condition – after shooting himself with the crossbow he used to attack Louise Hunt, her sister and mother, he is paralysed from the chest down – makes him especially vulnerable. 'Prison officers are going to have their own feelings about him,' she explains, as he is 'very high-profile, particularly newsworthy… [it is] a watershed case.' Usually, she says, 'I would be arguing against over-sentencing. But for Clifford, there is no getting away from the fact that he deserves the sentence he got. Prison officers will be thinking that, too.' Clifford is a former soldier, although Cambridge Crown Court heard that he spent a third of his three-year military career 'at home claiming to be ill'. This is unlikely to have an impact on his level of risk; according to Ministry of Justice figures from last year, approximately 3.6 per cent of the total prison population are ex-servicemen. After a period of assessment and observation, Clifford, 26, will be staring down the barrel of a potential 50-plus years – the rest of his life – behind bars. While the serious, sexual and high-profile nature of Clifford's offences means he could be considered at risk from other prisoners, Acheson suggests he is likely to pose a more significant risk to himself. 'He is notorious, and has committed crimes that are absolutely outrageous,' says Acheson. However, compared to the recent high-profile case of Axel Rudakubana, the teenager who murdered three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last year, Clifford's victims were known to him. According to the unspoken prison code, this puts him a rung above those who killed indiscriminately or who harmed children. And, in the view of some prisoners, his notoriety could actually be an asset. 'He's going to be an immensely challenging security problem – because of his iconic status,' says Acheson. 'In prison, there will be warped people who will be attracted to that status.' Less than 24 hours before the triple murder, Clifford searched online for podcasts posted by the influencer Andrew Tate, described by the prosecution in court as the 'poster boy' for misogynists. Given Clifford is likely to spend a significant period of time in a high-security setting, or even in solitary confinement, he will not be able to access Tate's content, nor will he be able to socialise with prisoners who may share Tate's views. Given the hopelessness of his sentence, officers will be monitoring Clifford's risk to himself. Limited research has been done on the population of people serving whole-life sentences, but in Howard Zehr's book, Doing Life: Reflections on Men and Women Serving Life Sentences, one prisoner described life in prison without hope of release as a 'slow, torturous death.' Some look for another way out. '[Clifford] is a very dark character who obviously has immense psychological problems,' Acheson says. 'It was very clear there is no way out [of prison] for him, so the risk when a whole-life order is handed down is that [the prisoner] will take their own life.' While his case will never be reviewed by the Parole Board, depending on his behaviour as his sentence progresses, he could be downgraded to a Category B prison in the future. At some point, Acheson explains, he will be transferred to the 'lifer estate' – one of the prisons which has a high proportion of prisoners serving life sentences. Again, it is unclear where he will go, but one suggestion could be HMP Gartree in Leicestershire. The lower-security Category B prison is home to the largest group of life sentenced prisoners in England and Wales, and previously housed Ian Brady, who committed the Moors murders with his partner Myra Hindley, and serial killer Fred West. There is no telling how long this will take. 'It depends on the person,' says an anonymous prison worker. 'Someone like Levi Bellfield [the rapist and serial killer] – he's still in Frankland Prison.' According to Acheson, there is no doubt that 'he will have to be held somewhere for many years that's highly secure'. The biggest practical challenge of all could be keeping Clifford busy, and his severe medical condition will make this especially difficult. Like all prisons, HMP Gartree and other prisons in the 'lifer estate' follow a strict day-to-day schedule. There will be work, education and training programmes which, depending on Clifford's behaviour, physical ability and level of risk, he will be expected to take part in. Nothing, however, will be able to distract from the fact that in this case, life not only means life, but death behind bars. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
