manosphere
The Trump Manosphere: Reactionary Male Supremacy, Misogyny and Accelerationist Violence in the Post-Election Era
April 29, 2025VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Dangerous Misogyny of the Digital World: The Case of the Manosphere
April 28, 2025The advent of the World Wide Web created new digital worlds consisting of networked blogs, websites, chatrooms and forums for every topic under the sun (or in the shadows). An unintended side effect of such digital communities is that they have enabled individuals with extreme beliefs to find others to validate their grievances and encourage ...
Exiting the Manosphere. A Gendered Analysis of Radicalization, Diversion and Deradicalization Narratives from r/IncelExit and r/ExRedPill
December 5, 2024The growth of the online ‘manosphere’ has raised significant concerns regarding the movement’s highly misogynistic discourses and related lone offender attacks perpetrated by incels. This article employs a digital ethnography approach to examine r/IncelExit and r/ExRedPill, two forums dedicated to assisting individuals leave the manosphere. Utilizing a gendered perspective, this study delves into narratives from ...
Mapping Research on Online Misogyny and Manosphere in Spain: The Way Ahead
December 3, 2024This article offers a panoramic vision of the studies carried out on the Manosphere and anti-feminism in the Spanish and overarching European context. In this work, we have reviewed the most recent and relevant studies focused on understanding organized online misogyny and toxic technocultures. In addition, the incipient works on the Spanish manosphere developed in ...
From the Outside Looking in: The Risks and Challenges of Analysing Extremist Discourses on Far-right and Manosphere Websites
October 24, 2024The use of the internet by extreme right-wing groups is nothing new (see, for example, Conway et al., 2019; Hale, 2012) although its use by extremists has traditionally been in conjunction with activity organised on the ground (e.g. marches, meetings or organised events; Mudde, 2000). While some far-right organisations still operate in this way, the emergence ...
The Plight of Straight White Men: Main Findings from a Study of the Subreddit r/unpopularopinion
August 12, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
A dictionary of the manosphere: five terms to understand the language of online male supremacists
August 12, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
Part 5: Recruiting and Vetting Candidates for Membership in The Base
August 10, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
Part 4: Recruiting and Vetting Candidates for Membership in The Base
August 10, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...