A Better Understanding of the Term “Manosphere”

In “Manosphere,” you see two words: 

  1. Man
  2. Sphere

“Man” is defined as: 

  • An adult male human being. (Source: Google)

“Sphere” is defined as:

  1. A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center.
  2. An area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic. (Source: Google)

Generally speaking, I would define Manosphere as:

The philosophical society of men subjects concerning men’s issues. 

Any subject that men are generally interested in falls into this world of Manosphere. For example:

  • Fatherhood
  • Self-defense 
  • Financial literacy
  • Being a husband
  • Smoking cigars
  • The study of liquor
  • Sports
  • Race cars
  • Luxury cars
  • General maintenance of cars
  • Home repair (plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, etc.)
  • Chess
  • Philosophy
  • Masculine conduct
  • Boxing
  • Grappling
  • Firearms
  • Timepieces
  • Colognes
  • Women
  • Men’s health
  • Politics
  • History
  • Economics
  • Men’s fashion
  • Weight training
  • Knives
  • EDC
  • Military knowledge, news, info
  • Gaming
  • Etc.

I could go on and on. These subjects interest men. Women also have their own subjects of interest. This would be called the “Womansphere.” There’s nothing wrong with that. We have different interests. Quite frankly, we really don’t give a damn about their subjects of interest, but many of them are curious about our interests! That’s another subject. 

Wikipedia…

Wikipedia describes the Manosphere as follows:

“The Manosphere is a varied collection of websites, blogs, and online forums promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism. Communities within the manosphere include men’s rights activists (MRAs), incels (involuntary celibates), Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), pick-up artists (PUA), and fathers’ rights groups. While the specifics of each group’s beliefs sometimes conflict, they are generally united in the belief that society is biased against men due to the influence of feminism, and that feminists promote misandry (hatred of men). Acceptance of these ideas is described as ‘taking the red pill,’ a metaphor borrowed from the film The Matrix.”

(www.wikipedia.com)

Let’s look at some of the other communities that appear to be in the Manosphere. 

1) MRA (men’s rights activists)

“The men’s rights movement (MRM)[1] or men’s rights activism (MRA) movement[2] is a branch of the men’s movement that diverged from the men’s liberation movement in the early 1970s. Men’s rights activists (MRAs) focus on social issues such as the over-representation of men among the homeless population, or the prevalence of suicide among men compared to women, which they say adversely impacts men or is caused by structural discrimination against men. Common topics of male discrimination discussions include family law, such as child custody, alimony and marital property distribution; reproduction; domestic violence against men; criminal sentence length; false accusations of rape; circumcision; education; conscription; social safety nets; and health policies.” -Wiki

2) Incels (involuntary celibates)

“An incel (/ˈɪnsɛl/ ⓘ IN-sel; a portmanteau of “involuntary celibate”[1]) is a member of an online subculture of mostly male and heterosexual[2] people who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one. They often blame, objectify, and denigrate women and girls as a result.[3][4][5] The term inspired a subculture that rose to prominence during the 2010s, later influenced by and associated with misogynist terrorists such as Elliot Rodger and Alek Minassian.[6]

“The incel subculture’s online discourse has been characterized by resentment, hostile sexism, anti-feminism, sexual objectification and dehumanization of women, misogyny, misanthropy, self-pity and self-loathing, racism, a sense of entitlement to sex, nihilism, rape culture, and the endorsement of sexual and non-sexual violence against women and the sexually active.[7] Incels tend to blame women and feminism for their inability to find a partner; their romantic failures are often attributed to biological determinism, where women’s preference for mating with high-status males (nicknamed “Chads“) is seen as innate and unchangeable.[8][9][10] Incel communities have been criticized by scholars, government officials, and others for their misogyny, endorsement and encouragement of violence, and extremism.[11] Over time the subculture has become associated with extremism and terrorism, and since 2014 there have been multiple mass killings, mostly in North America, perpetrated by self-identified incels, as well as other instances of violence or attempted violence.” -Wiki

3) MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way)

“Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) is an anti-feminist, misogynistic, mostly online community that espouses male separatism from what they see as a gynocentric society that has been corrupted by feminism.[2] MGTOW specifically advocates for men to avoid marriage and committed romantic relationships with women.[3] The community is a part of the manosphere, a collection of anti-feminist websites and online communities that also includes the men’s rights movement, incels, and pickup artists.[4]

“The early members of MGTOW were largely politically libertarian and focused on individual self-reliance.[5] Like other manosphere communities, MGTOW overlaps with the neoreactionary alt-right movement[6] and has been implicated in online harassment of women[7] and domestic terrorism in the United States.[8][page needed] The Southern Poverty Law Center categorizes MGTOW as a part of the male supremacist ideology.[9]”-wiki

4) PUA (pick-up artists)

“Pickup artists (PUAs) are a group of predominantly heterosexual men whose goal is to seduce women using psychological manipulation referred to as “game”.[1] PUAs often refer to themselves as the seduction community or the pickup community.

“The rise of “seduction science”, “game”,[2] or “studied charisma” has been attributed to modern forms of dating and social norms between sexes which have developed from a perceived increase in the equality of women in Western society and changes to traditional gender roles.[3] Commentators in the media have described “game” as harassing, as well as sexist or misogynistic.[4]

“Perhaps influenced by Confucian culture, the pickup artist course in China has faced resistance from many people.” -Wiki

5) Fathers’ Rights Groups

“The fathers’ rights movement is a branch of the men’s rights movement whose members are primarily interested in issues related to family law, including child custody and child support, that affect fathers and their children.[1][2][3] Many of its members are fathers who desire to share the parenting of their children equally with their children’s mothers—either after divorce or marital separation. The movement includes men as well as women, often the second wives of divorced fathers or other family members of men who have had some engagement with family law.[1][4][5][6] Most fathers’ rights advocates argue for formal gender equality.” -Wiki

What Is the Meaning of Red Pill in the World of Men?

That’s Not Red Pill, He’s Just Bitter

A young lady whom I know has been divorced from her husband for several years. The marriage ended badly, and to this day, her ex is bitter. When I say “bitter,” I mean very, very, very, very bitter. I’ll come back to this point in a second. 

They have several children from their previous marriage. In that group of children is one son and some daughters. The son is the youngest out of the bunch, so he doesn’t have the ability to challenge his father’s “views”…yet. His father is his hero, wrong or right. But the girls are sharp. They listen objectively but don’t challenge him yet. However, they know he’s “tripping.” Anyway, what he does is use the Bible to spread his slanted perception of the world when it comes to women and marriage. He honestly believes that his daughters should only be barefoot and pregnant. He always talks about passages in the Bible concerning women, but never about those concerning men. He believes that if his daughters go to college, it’s only to find their future husbands. Once this is achieved, they should stay home and be pregnant. When he was asked, “What are you going to do if their marriages fall apart? Are you going to come out of retirement to take care of grown women who can’t take care of themselves because they were barefoot and pregnant their whole adult lives?”, he had no answers. 

In one of our many conversations about the children, the young lady used the phrase, “He was talking that red pill stuff to them again…” Immediately, I responded, “That isn’t redpill. He is just bitter. He’s still hurt from the way your marriage ended. That is not redpill. That is straight bitterness. And if he doesn’t heal from that bitterness, he will never be able to evolve from his current state. And he will never be able to keep a woman in the future because they will be able to smell the bitterness on him. And a woman doesn’t want to deal with a bitter man. Hell, a man doesn’t want to deal with a bitter woman. Bitterness only means you haven’t healed.”

The arguments he uses, I’ve seen them on occasion online. Yes, online in the manosphere. So I knew where he was getting it from: other bitter fellows. This is a recipe for disaster. Not only that, his son might adopt the same philosophy, which won’t get him anywhere in life. 

By definition, what he is spewing is misogyny. There have been males around the world for hundreds of years who think like this. It’s sad to think that she and probably other women thought that was Red Pill. Let’s go to one of the original sources of this concept in the manosphere world to explain what Red Pill is.

To be continued…

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