Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere - Netflix

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Louis is just amazing in this so far. Him at around 6 mins is hilarious

I’ve just finished it. Jaw dropping. Especially the man who said they are putting stuff in the water to make people trans. I can see (but not agree obviously) how some of it might be attractive to young impressionable men and boys but I cannot understand for the life of me why the women are going along with it.

I’ve literally just finished watching this! That HS guy is vile, yuck yuck yuck.. Louis is as ever fantastically composed and professional throughout.

Louis amazing in this. Myron Gaines, HS TikkyTokky these men are horrific. All of them are.

They are terrifying and I jist need time to process what I have seen. More effective in exposing the "Manosphere" issue than Adolescence.

thanks for sharing. Will go and find.

I love Louis but I’m not sure I can watch this at the mo. Suspect I’d end up feeing despairing 🥴

Despair is the word 😔

I am just about to watch this, and im bracing myself… im also worried it’ll leave me feeling despairing, and frightened.

After watching it i am sure many of them are in love with other men but are too macho to admit that. That's why they find so many issues with women. They are definitely the guys that 20 years ago would hang around with younger boys so they could try to impress them but unfortunately with the internet it has given them huge followings of young men.
The girls they seem to have hanging around with them are only fans creators or girls who are after a following themselves.
But unfortunately many young men latch onto these influencers which is causing huge problems in wider society especially for young women.

I agree. Why aren’t they just gay?
I also find a lot of homosexual men tend to hate women too (not all ofc)

I've just watched it and I now feel the urge to wash. I fear for young lads these days, perhaps who are a little lost, who find these twats influential.

I also worry about young girls who are happy to be used by these complete tools.

The thing I found most shocking was the antisemitism.
And that really weird guy who believed in completely wild conspiracy theories.

I have two sons and this documentary is just another reason why their iPads are ‘broken’ and will remain so for as long as possible

Is there more than one episode? I was hoping he’d expose the incel community as well rather than just interviewing Andrew Tate type influencers.

I’m watching it now. Unsure of the number of times I’m going to yell ‘wanker’ at the screen….

What a pack of pricks!!
God help our young men and girls exposed to this crap.

I’ve got it earmarked but I doubt if I can bring myself to watch it. I don’t want to lose any more of my fragile faith in this world right now.

Depressing. Wasn’t it strange when the 2 with partners didn’t want them really being interviewed/on camera, because they know it’s a lie. But sad to see the women going along with it. People really will do anything for money.
I was shocked at all the antisemitism at the end.

I was shocked by the woman who had kids with the guy but they weren’t married, and he was allowed to date and see other women and they’d have threesomes. I’d love to have heard more from her. I doubt she’s truly happy. And she has no financial security if they were to split up.

I think she was happy not having to work… but agreed she would be in trouble without him. It’s not uncommon, we see it all the time on MN when women give up work or go PT, have kids, unmarried, live in partners house etc.

I was shocked most by HS’s mum - WTF is going on with that dynamic??

I was actually horrified by Myron and the way he spoke to the guests on his podcast. It was just rude and uncomfortable, really aggressively with zero humour. It’s just amazing that anyone would want to watch that, even 14 year old boys.

Louis was good, as always. My favourite documentary of his was the one following Americans that kept chimpanzees as pets (or family members). The owners were even more fucked up than those manosphere boys, fascinating and disturbing.

Wow, just wow. Thank you OP for starting a thread. How did we get to here!?! I asked my husband and he just doesn’t get it (but we share a lot of the same feminist views). I just worry for DS6. What is the world he is growing up in

Also, excuse my ignorance. But how does the whole ‘Alpha’ Trump narrative fit with the invasion of Iran with Israel (ie Jews)? Who do they hate in this scenario? It seems like the ultimate contradiction.

Very uncomfortable viewing . I pity any poor parents of a daughter that brings home HS as their intended . absolutely revolting human being, although he managed to make himself
look a total tit and emphasised further how articulate and intelligent Louis is so there were some benefits.

I'm watching now. It makes me scared for when my daughter and her cohort are old enough to have phones, and when she'll be at secondary school with the boys exposed to this hateful tripe that teaches them to disrespect and dehumanise women and girls. I have my fingers crossed for a social media ban for under 16s.