After watching “Adolescence” on Netflix, I, like many viewers, was left shaken. The show details the story of a 13-year-old boy who is charged with the murder of his classmate, Katie, and the nightmare that unfolds for his family. Without spoiling the show entirely, a theme that rang scarily true throughout was the pervasive nature of the manosphere and how it has infiltrated modern society.

The manosphere is defined as “male-centered websites, internet communities, and other digital media regarded as collectively espousing anti-feminist views” and is increasingly used as a term to classify media that promotes “ultraconservative models of masculinity.” These creators function similarly to talking heads in extreme mainstream media, except on platforms like Reddit, X and YouTube. They rattl

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