Guiding boys away from the manosphere’s dark edges

Mr Joe Rogan and President-elect Donald Trump pose for a photo during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on Nov 16. First, let’s get the caveats out of the way. The American “manosphere” – that nebulous world of terminally online, mostly young, male influencers, YouTubers, pranksters and UFC fighters, now making headlines for its role in Donald Trump’s US presidential election win – isn’t some inherently dangerous force.

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