How can men escape being sucked into extreme misogynistic views online? - BBC World Service

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2023-11-20

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You may have heard about how young men are being drawn into the so-called 'manosphere' but how can they escape?
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  • She's like, hello, cute stuff.

  • I'm like, cute?

  • Okay, sure.

  • That's Joseph.

  • Not his real name.

  • He's 25, works in the entertainment industry and lives in South Asia.

  • He doesn't want us to name his country.

  • He's telling me about a couple of dates he went on two years ago with a woman who asked him out from Tinder.

  • He was excited.

  • They'd studied in the same city and the woman initially seems keen on him romantically.

  • On the second one, she was like, I'm not really looking to date.

  • But then she's like calling me a friend and stuff.

  • I'm like, okay, what's going on?

  • That date wasn't the only motivating factor.

  • But Joseph openly says that at this time he started to develop grudges against women.

  • He had social struggles.

  • He had very few female friends, and those two dates highlighted how he was struggling to find genuine connections.

  • He also says he grew tired of reading online about how men apparently had all the advantages in life.

  • And at 5 foot 9, he became increasingly frustrated by women seeking men taller than 6 foot on dating apps.

  • I had grudges.