The Guardian runs interference for a shoddy, terrible UK government report on the Manosphere

The Guardian runs interference for a shoddy, terrible UK government report on the Manosphere

We Hunted the Mammoth relies on your donations to fund its beta male lifestyle. Please drop a few bucks here or here if you can! Last week, the Guardian ran a surprisingly uncritical article on a new UK government report on the manosphere, which was itself surprisingly uncritical. The report, put forth by the UK’s official communications regulator Ofcom, claims, among other things, that its new research “challenge[s] the assumptions about the ex…

Misogyny: UN Flags ‘Manosphere’ as Emerging Threat to Gender Equality, Digital Safety

The United Nations is sounding the alarm on the rise of the “manosphere”—a sprawling network of online communities promoting hyper-masculinity, misogyny, and anti-feminist ideologies—as a growing digital threat with real-world consequences for gender equality, mental health, and democratic resilience. In a sobering briefing, UN Women, the agency dedicated to gender equality, warned that what once …

The Manosphere is Masculinity Cosplay — alex & parker

Works such as Adolescence have introduced many of us to the surreal world of the manosphere and the precepts of so-called “toxic masculinity.” But looking at its foundational assumptions, can you call any of it masculine? I am not an aficionado of the manosphere, but from what I’ve read and seen, the essence of the argument appears to be this: Because … Women can’t be trusted, and will trade up to someone better the moment they can. Men must man…