Anyone who’s seen Netflix’s award-winning series Adolescence will have heard the word “manosphere” — and most people using the internet in recent years will have encountered it.
The term refers to an online subculture in which so called “alpha males” — think Andrew Tate and the like — preach a life philosophy that espouses traditional, outdated, misogynistic versions of masculinity like dominance, emotional stoicism and the subjugation of women.
In Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, the legendary documentary-maker submerges himself in this murky world, spending time with influencers while trying to get to the bottom of where their world view comes from.
The question is, how successful is he?
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