This is a resource I found useful on misogyny as a gateway to right-wing radicalization, with a young audience in mind: https://www.adl.org/resources/report/when-women-are-enemy-intersection-misogyny-and-white-supremacy Toward the end there are some concrete tips. At least provides evidence neither you nor the parents are making this up.
The week after I assigned the reading, Ben Shapiro spoke on campus and I saw some of that chill you mentioned.