I'd say the current wave started around 2007/8 when schools throughout the entire Anglosphere banned words like "gay" and "retarded", which most of the time weren't meant with malice, from the classroom and playground alike. Banning indoor smoking also contributed greatly to the pussification of our present society.
Definitely picked up with all the bullshit surrounding Chic-Fil-A around the time of gay marriage being made legal (plus "bake the cake bigot"), and Lena Dunham's "Girls" hitting TV. By Gamergate, it was already full steam ahead because they had the media connections and we weren't yet ready to admit the whole system was rotten from the inside out.
I'd say the current wave started around 2007/8 when schools throughout the entire Anglosphere banned words like "gay" and "retarded", which most of the time weren't meant with malice, from the classroom and playground alike. Banning indoor smoking also contributed greatly to the pussification of our present society.
Definitely picked up with all the bullshit surrounding Chic-Fil-A around the time of gay marriage being made legal (plus "bake the cake bigot"), and Lena Dunham's "Girls" hitting TV. By Gamergate, it was already full steam ahead because they had the media connections and we weren't yet ready to admit the whole system was rotten from the inside out.