Does the ‘manosphere’ smell like sasquatch?
The article discusses the troubling trends affecting men today, including declining graduation rates and increasing loneliness. It highlights the rise of the 'manosphere,' a digital space where disillusioned men engage in questionable practices to assert their masculinity. The author offers advice to young men to seek fulfillment through hard work, kindness, and personal growth rather than falling into the manosphere's bizarre rituals.
- ▪Graduation rates, employment, and dating among men are declining, while loneliness is on the rise.
- ▪The manosphere promotes strange practices like 'bonesmashing' and an obsession with fertility.
- ▪The author encourages young men to pursue meaningful activities and personal development instead of engaging with the manosphere.
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“Men in Crisis” seems to be an early contender for the zeitgeist of 2026, or at least a cool name for an indie band. But in all seriousness, something weird and worrying is afoot. Graduation rates, employment, and dating are down, loneliness is up, and stability and security seem to many like relics of the past. This cocktail of confusion has found fertile ground in the “manosphere,” a digital den of arrested development where the disillusioned, uninformed, and unjustifiably cocksure have eagerly planted their flag.
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