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Important as it is, no amount of social media regulation will meaningfully address the manosphere unless we also dismantle the misogyny that underpins it.
In today’s looksmaxxing culture, young men pursue a supposedly ‘ancient’ ideal that’s actually modern and pharmacologically constructed.
Want a deeper voice to sound more ‘manly’?
Why faking it might appeal to other men, but not women.
In our age of ‘hyperpolitics’, what does meaningful change look like? Anton Jäger’s buzzy new book has some answers – but could go harder on neoliberalism.
Testosterone has been hijacked. It’s no longer just a hormone but a measure of US military might.
The movie chimed with the dark 1970s zeitgeist, but it also prefigured the 21st-century America of Maga.
The language used in response to gender-based violence erases who’s doing the harm and who’s experiencing it, making it harder to report on and easier to excuse.
Countering violent extremism requires substantial investment from all levels of government, dismantling the state’s racialized assumptions of criminality and recognizing that gendered violence is systemic.
Video essayists on YouTube are trying to beat the manosphere at it’s own game. Here are five insightful channels to watch.
As podcasts have moved from an amateur pursuit to a commercialised powerhouse, their power to impact men’s mental health has been revealed.
Thousands of men around the world, including in Australia, have formed online communities to trade in rape content and advice. They do it to impress one another.
Sensationalizing extreme behaviors like self-starvation and ‘bonesmashing’ rather than treating them as mental health symptoms can prevent boys and young men from getting much-needed care.
Three videos, three very different messages about masculinity and health. New research shows this is how the manosphere finds young men.
This pacey, compulsive novel satirising the manosphere, tradwives and Instagram influencers will keep you up all night.
When you break the first rule of Fight Club, you find warring takes. While Chuck Palahniuk wrote it as satire, some take its narrator far too seriously.
Since rising to public prominence, the manosphere has been treated as if it’s just a niche corner of the internet. But those days are long gone.
Pressure is mounting for teachers now expected to cover incel culture during their classes.
In a cabinet reshuffle, Paul Edbrooke has been appointed Victoria’s first minister for Men and boys. Academic evidence gives him some clear policy priorities.
‘Manosphere’ influencers claim to be able to increase their followers’ value – for a fee.
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Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, Birmingham City University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Newcastle University
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University
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Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Hub and Senior Lecturer in Criminology Monash University, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, MacEwan University
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Associate Lecturer, Australian National University; Deakin University
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Professor of Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Digital Media and Gender, Dublin City University
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Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary