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Across social media, a growing number of people are beginning to wake up to a powerful and uncomfortable truth: Manosphere influencers are not the problem.
They are a symptom — a consequence of a much deeper issue we’ve been avoiding for far too long.
For years, our culture has neglected boys and men. We've blamed them, shamed them, confused them. We've told them they are inherently flawed — that their masculinity is toxic, that their leadership is oppressive, that their very presence should make room for someone else. We've channeled endless resources and compassion into uplifting girls — and rightly so in many cases — but we've failed to extend the same care to our boys.
"Girl power" became a movement. "Boy crisis" became a punchline.
We stripped away male spaces. We diminished the value of fathers. We erased traditional male roles without offering anything meaningful in return. We dismantled purpose, mocked stoicism, and punished strength. Then we wondered why so many young men feel lost, angry, and disillusioned.
Now, those young men are turning to the only voices they feel are speaking to them instead of at them — even if those voices aren't always the most helpful or healthy. That’s not a moral failing. That’s a cry for help.
This is not to excuse harmful rhetoric or to lionize every influencer in the manosphere. But constantly vilifying these men and their followers misses the point entirely. Focusing on the influencers instead of the reasons young men are listening to them is like blaming the ambulance for the car crash.
If we want to address what’s really going on, we need to start with empathy, not judgment.
We need to re-invest in boys. We need to provide guidance, mentorship, father figures, purpose. We need to give young men a future to grow into, not a list of things they’re not allowed to be. We need to stop treating men as the problem and start acknowledging their pain, confusion, and legitimate needs.
Because if we don’t? The anger, the alienation, the cultural drift we’re seeing now — it will only get worse.
Let’s stop pouring fuel on the fire by focusing on the wrong target. The real crisis isn't who young men are listening to. The real crisis is why they feel like no one else is listening at all.
FreedomTechArchitect on Nostr: An important reason for the decline of societal values. Woke people steer clear of ...
An important reason for the decline of societal values. Woke people steer clear of this topic and comfortably sit back in the belief that all men are basically beasts that need to be tamed. ⬇️