I'm A Doctor, We Need To Crack Down On The 'Manosphere' Before It's Too Late

"The internet has become a dangerous soup of misinformation and misogyny repackaged as self-improvement tips peddled by bad actors."

For the young men of 2026, the internet has become a dangerous soup of misinformation and misogyny repackaged as self-improvement tips peddled by bad actors.

Across all platforms, a growing ecosystem of ‘manosphere’ influencers are promoting harmful and extreme “health” trends to millions of people too young to know the difference between clickbait and genuine advice.

Content in this space normally begins innocently: advice on fitness, dating, and socialising, for instance. However it can quickly spiral into darker themes.

The promotion of unlicensed drugs sold on shady websites, misusing steroids rebranded as ‘biohacking’, starvation diets, and the pernicious “looksmaxxing” trend (where participants have been encouraged to alter their faces using hammers) are all encouraging physical harm in the pursuit of a perfect appearance.

Young men are........

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