Over the St Patrick’s weekend my grown-up kids talked me into watching Louis Theroux’s report on “Inside the Manosphere” – available on Netflix. It was unpleasant and uncomfortable viewing, not because of any failing on the part of Theroux, but because of the cruelty and unpleasantness displayed.
The “manosphere” is an umbrella term for a loose network of online influencers that focus on men’s issues (women, fitness, making money) and is often characterised by its attacks on women’s independence or equality.
Most of us will have heard of Andrew Tate, primarily because of Greta Thunberg’s masterful take down of Tate on Twitter and his later arrest, but there…