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The manosphere, explained.
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Communities, influencers, courses and claims — documented neutrally, checked against the evidence, and archived at publication. With practical help for parents, partners, teachers and young men themselves.

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hypergamy

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A sociological term for marrying or dating 'upward' in status, adopted by the manosphere as a supposed law that women always trade up and abandon partners the moment a higher-status option appears.

looksmaxxing

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The pursuit of maximizing physical attractiveness, ranging from ordinary self-care ('softmaxxing') to extreme and sometimes dangerous interventions ('hardmaxxing'), built on the belief that facial appearance largely determines a man's social worth.

red pill

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The manosphere's founding metaphor: the belief that mainstream ideas about dating and gender are a comforting lie, and that accepting a harsher 'truth' about women and relationships is an awakening.