A growing network of online communities known collectively as the “manosphere” is emerging as a serious threat to gender equality, as toxic digital spaces increasingly influence real-world attitudes, behaviours, and policies, the UN agency dedicated to ending gender discrimination has warned.

  • Malek061@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Wat?

    The manosphere is literally a bunch of losers that can’t get laid and are making excuses for it.

    Work out. Have a career. Don’t be a asshole. Do that and you can get laid but that’s too hard for some folks.

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      2 hours ago

      That’s kind of the thing, we want to think they’re a bunch of sexless losers, but the basic tenets of advice you get from the manosphere will probably get you laid if you follow it. Following manosphere advice works because it’s the exact same advice you just laid out but packaged in a more attractive and focused manner. It just happens to be with a side of right wing politics and more than a bit of misogyny.

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      Yes. Correct. But talk to a boy in Jr. High. They aren’t as smart about this as you might hope.

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      They’re groomed from a young age by the manosphere to be losers that can’t get laid, so they’ll continuously buy self-help books from the manosphere.

      They still vote though. And this all happens because to a teenager, the manosphere are the cool guys making fun of the whiny nerds.