Episode Details

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This episode is a deep dive into the origins and rise of the online mansophere and its impact on Gen Z dating culture alongside activist and Bumble's safety advocate Tarang Chawla.

Timestamps:

1:49 Intro

5:51 Defining the manosphere

11:45 Theorising the manosphere: Why men are drawn to this space

21:51 Subcultures within the manosphere

35:02 The mainstream-ification of the manosphere 

39:50 Gamergate

41:21 The Trump effect & the rise of alpha male influencers

48:38 Manopshere, alpha male influencers & dating culture

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