The Manosphere Continues to Devolve

In the new documentary “Inside the Manosphere,” the English filmmaker and host Louis Theroux describes the buff, screen-addled U.S. and British influencers he interviews as creators of “the new world of men who are redefining what it means to be a man.” But I came away from the movie, now on Netflix, thinking that it eclipsed this framing.

Young men may finally be waking up to the utter emptiness of the manosphere’s messaging.

The manosphere — a loose collection of male podcasters and social media stars who push misogynistic and ultraconservative views — is not new. The term is at least 15 years old and rose to a frequent topic of mainstream discourse during Donald Trump’s first presidential........

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