The Male Complaint

The Manosphere and Misogyny Online
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5095-6255-8
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Inspired by leaders such as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, the online Manosphere has exploded in recent years. Dedicated to anti-feminism, these communities have orchestrated online campaigns of misogynistic harassment, with some individuals going as far as committing violent terrorist attacks.

Although the Manosphere has become a focus point of the media, researchers and governments alike, discussions tend to either over-sensationalize the community or offer simplistic explanations for their existence. This book uses a mixture of historical and economic analysis, alongside actual Manosphere content, to delve deeper. With The Male Complaint, Simon James Copland explains how the Manosphere has developed and why it appeals to so many men. He argues that the Manosphere is not an aberration, but is deeply embedded within mainstream, neoliberal, social structures. For a cohort of alienated men, the promise of community provides a space of understanding, connection and purpose.

This insightful book dares to dig into the corners of incel communities and online spaces where misogyny thrives. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand, and do something about, this growing and worrying phenomenon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Copland, Simon James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Figures

1 Introduction

2 Alienated Young Men

3 We’re Being Oppressed! Manosphere Men as Injured Subjects

4 A Community of Manly Men

5 Nihilism and Violence

6 Tackling the Manosphere

7 Conclusion

References

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Copland is Honorary Fellow at the Australian National University.