The Manosphere, Pickup Culture & Male Loneliness - James Bloodworth
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James Bloodworth is a journalist reporting on working-class life and society, podcaster, and an author.
The manosphere isn’t what you think. Even though it is often labeled as toxic and extreme, the truth is a bit more complicated. So what’s really going on with men, dating, and masculinity as of today?
Expect to learn what the current state of the “manosphere” is, what constitutes being a part of it and what most people get wrong about it, what the rise and fall of the pickup community tell us about what men actually want versus what they’ve been told they should want, why the manosphere got harder and more political as started to grow, why gyms now serve as sanctuaries for disempowered men, what a truly male-inclusive progressive politics would look like, and much more…
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0:00 Is the Manosphere the New Toxic Masculinity?
5:45 Did Adolescence Revive the Conversation?
7:39 From the Pickup Artist to the Red Pill Guy
15:05 How Male Judgement is Shaping the Manosphere
18:00 The Influence of Influencers
28:33 Who are the Lost Boys?
35:42 Should We Be Worried About Our Consumption of Manosphere Content?
42:51 The Recalibration of Traditional Male Roles
53:20 Why is There No Left-Wing Manosphere?
56:41 Is Progressivism Harming Masculinity?
01:01:19 Women are Not Status Objects
01:07:10 Withholding Emotional Connections Due to Image is Destroying Relationships
01:16:26 Find Out More About James
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