Podcast: Manosphere, One-Way Monogamy and the Exploding Concept of Relationship

The “Men of the Manosphere” doc by Justin Theroux on Netflix is interesting.

What is important about the documentary is further confirmation of the world-wide anxiety of boys and men.

So far, the answer seems to be controlling their lives by finding women too stupid to understand they will be left penniless if they do not have a contract with their male partner.

Women’s equality is at the heart of the manosphere around the world. It is also at the heart of Christian nationalism, and TPUSA, sweeping the American right.

Here is a snippet of a review I cite in my podcast to give you a glimpse…

James, 22-year-old criminology graduate …found comfort in the “red pill” ideology after a breakup. Red-pilling means rejecting societal conventions – especially those around treating women with respect (“master manipulators” is a favourite refrain of red-pill promulgators) – and concentrating on yourself instead (especially your muscle mass and earning potential). “If you don’t get too invested [in women], you can avoid all the heartbreak and stuff.” – UK Guardian

Unlike TPUSA’s “marriage bootcamp” and adherence to the new nationalist Christianity sweeping political right-wing circles in America, the world-wide manosphere believe in misogyny without a code, although putting sexism and code together is discordant.

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Photo: Partial CBS screen capture in the Bari Weiss era.