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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.

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[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

To paraphrase Jon Lovett, they have "back of the classroom energy" while the left has "front of the classroom energy".

"Teacher teacher, he said something some people might find offensive! Send him to the principal's office"

"Thanks for narcing me out, r****d"

"Teacher teacher, he just said the r-word!"

The left just isn't equipped to deal with the manosphere. Everything the left does just makes the manosphere seem even more cool to the kids.

"The UN is worried about these guys, they must be really badass!"

[-] Malek061@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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.

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Right, listen to that manosophere and you can commit some R or SA ... Is that what you mean by "get laid"?

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

Oh, finally. The sexless/incels is a tiny part of the manosphere. We see them because we want to. You don't need to respect women in order to get affection, you need it to build love and trust

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] Malek061@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

There no way Andrew Tate is cool at a party.

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago

No only in a podcast of his environment with slave girls that are punished if they don't agree

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Malek061@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Just because the youtube algorithm promotes outrage doesn't make it right.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Kids in my daughters class did a project about 'an issue that is important to you'. They could pick anything.

Most of the kids talked about interesting and positive fields like environmental protection/space exploitation or some sport they love to participate in. Three of the boys chose to talk about 'men's rights', and according to the teacher who I spoke to about it afterwards they were echoing Andrew Tate shit.

They were 10 years old at the time.

None of their parents are divorced either, so theres no 'woe story' from dad in the background to put any framing around this.

However, their parents are all conservative and all let their kids access Youtube with no oversight. So social media and lax/indifferent parenting are very much grooming the next generation into hateful misogynists like Tate.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago

Fuck you. Losers that can't be laid. Yes. When they are constantly told to man up and get girls.. Where do you think they go? Wtf is wrong with you. You replied to this with exactly the lack of equipment to handle the manosphere they were talking about. Without compassion you are even worse as you ruin your and others chance to fix it. Hateful and completely useless to say these things. You really think the kids think "I'm gonna be an asshole" for no reason? It takes time to be brain washed by the pick up artists. It just speaks to them

[-] tiny_iota@endlesstalk.org -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

in my experience it was the kids in the front whining "Why come they have a black student union and we dont have a white one waaaaah! i am now a victim! DEI! why is that white girl dating a minority waaaaah!"

the victim complex is strong with them, like the dark side of the force it seduces them. (nice I got some white boys angry)

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

There are tons of young black men in the manosphere, too. Or else with whom manosphere ideas resonate. Don't be racist.

[-] tiny_iota@endlesstalk.org 2 points 1 month ago

there was also tons of jews who supported hitler. The 'manosphere' pretends to be inclusive to men when its just a white nationalist spin off.

"see we have some black supporters! dont mind what we have planned for them after we take-over please! grrr! those pesky woman wont let us get laid! focus on that not the swastika in the background!"

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