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Horrifying video of teen girl stomped by male classmate underscores us-vs.-them gender problem fueled by manosphere

A New York City teen girl had her head bashed on the sidewalk for the crime of refusing to give her number to a fellow teen who asked for it — a sickening symptom of the perceived gender war being waged on social media between young men and women.

The horrific (and horrifically viral) video, taken Monday in East Harlem, shows a 14-year-old boy body-slamming a 15-year-old girl and stomping on her head after she rejected his advances, sending her to the hospital with a concussion.

According to the victim’s mother, the boy had been harassing the girl for attention for weeks before he turned violent. “This is not even bullying, this is outright assault — and he could have killed her,” Lucinda Arroyo told The Post this week of the assailant, who was jailed on assault charges.

It also shows just how romantically stunted a generation raised online can be when they interact in the flesh — and how the manosphere foments an us-versus-them mentality for boys and girls.

Before they even go through puberty or have their first kiss, young men are bombarded with claims........

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