A dictionary of the manosphere: five terms to understand the language of online male supremacists | Robert Lawson, Birmingham City University
The "manosphere" is a politically fed and harnessed domain of male supremacist worldviews. Robert Lawson, Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics at Birmingham City University and Research Fellow in the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, writes about it.
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Excerpt with link to the full article below:
Thot. White knight. Red pilled. Cuck. Beta. Soyboy. Unicorn. Chad.
To many people, these words won’t mean much. To others, they are a core part of the vocabulary of the “manosphere” – a collection of websites, social media accounts and forums dedicated to men’s issues, from health and fitness to dating and men’s rights.
Many (though not all) manosphere communities have become spaces where explicit anti-women and anti-feminist sentiment abound. These include incels, men’s rights activists, red-pillers, pick-up artists and male separatists.
Many (though not all) manosphere communities have become spaces where explicit anti-women and anti-feminist sentiment abound. These include incels, men’s rights activists, red-pillers, pick-up artists and male separatists.
I'm interested in how men use language, especially in the media and online, and what this tells us about contemporary masculinity and gender relations. In my recent book, I show how the language of the manosphere creates a culture of exclusion, denigration (mainly of women, but also of other men), male power and entitlement.