I (20M) recently had a conversation with my cousin (15F) in which I learned that she believes things which would get downvoted quite a bit in this sub. I didn't tell her what I thought at all as I was not sure how to deal with it, I just sat and listened and occasionally asked for explanations. She looks up to me a lot, and she's smart and admitted she's not sure about a lot of things, so I just wanted to know if anyone here has any ideas for how I can deal with this situation, what do you think are the first steps of pointing a young girl in the right direction? I'll summarize some of what she said below, but feel free to skip it and give more general advice too.

(Started recording after a bit hence the high detail)

  • Standards for guys are super low
  • all you need to be dating material as a guy is clean and kind to women
  • guys value appearance more than girls, beauty industry hence pushes a bunch of stuff on girls
  • girls get obsessed with their appearance bcs of how badly ugly girls get treated
  • society taught women that they are dependant on men so a lot of them feel pressured to get into relationships
  • it's accepted for boys to be assholes. So for example a boy might hit a girl because he likes her and it will be understood that the boy doesn't know how to show emotions (aka "boys will be boys")
  • guys get taught from an early age that it's normal to let your emotions out with violence
  • world treats guys and girls differently and we carry these ideas around without realizing it
  • most sexist behaviors take place subconsciously, so it's rarely obvious
  • girls feel more pressure to conform
  • we grow up in a society where everyone has stigmas in their heads so these things are hard to prove
  • women think men feel more social pressure than men themselves think they do, but this is because more women think about it so they are more aware of mens' subconscious, overall
  • bcs of society guys feel entitled, get away with more, don't learn to talk about emotions, etc... In the end they get praised for acting like normal humans (e.g. dads getting praised just for being present as a parent)
  • bcs of these expectations girls expect a lot less from their partners and put up with more
  • In most countries women aren't even equal by law
  • incels are entitled and don't know how to deal with their emotions/rejection
  • incel culture is an extreme case which shows that standards for men are too low and for women are too high
  • we are far removed from primal mating instincts so they don't have much to do with dating anymore
  • most feminists will tell you they also want to fight for men's rights but everyone thinks feminists hate men
  • the reason women think about this stuff more is that sexism affects them more
  • guys cheat more and leave their kids
  • guys dont get held accountable as much as women
  • equal outcome rules are not ideal, but if people don't want them then they should fight for equal opportunity more