{"id":89971,"date":"2025-04-03T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=89971"},"modified":"2025-04-03T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:05:50","slug":"how-toxic-masculinity-influencers-are-affecting-young-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/how-toxic-masculinity-influencers-are-affecting-young-men","title":{"rendered":"How toxic masculinity influencers are affecting young men\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Netflix\u2019s hit show Adolescence has brought attention to the online world of toxic masculinity influencers and the manosphere. How is this impacting young men in Cardiff and what can be done about it?\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Andrew-tate-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Wikimedia Commons. Andrew Tate is one of the most popular online figures in the manosphere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As he scrolled through his instagram sitting alone in his room, Samay stumbled across a reel which caught his attention to stop scrolling. It was a video teaching young boys and men to be an \u2018alpha male\u2019.<br><br>In the video, Andrew Tate emphasised the importance of having a six pack and that women should stay at home into the minds of young men on the internet. But, this time around, Samay was a bit more aware to get brainwashed into misogyny by the likes of Tate.<br><br>Samay Dixit, a digital media and society student says that at first glance Andrew Tate\u2019s content could be seen as humorous but in reality it is harmful. \u201cHe was saying a lot of misogynistic things but at the time when you\u2019re a teenager you think it\u2019s really absurd, it\u2019s kind of wrong but the way he\u2019s saying it is kind of funny,\u201d says Samay. \u201cBut the more I started delving into that type of content, the more I started finding that this sort of content is really not good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many others, Samay uses social media as a way to connect, but this is also where many toxic influencers flourish, spreading their harmful, misogynistic ideas and presenting themselves as role models to young men.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A latest Netflix show, Adolescence, showing the effects of those ideas on young minds named Andrew Tate. However Tate is one part of a much wider problem regarding young men\u2019s attitudes and behaviours particularly towards women.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Gareth Southgate, the former England football manager, has called out \u201ccallous, manipulative and toxic influencers\u201d who prey on young men and teach them that they should never show emotion and that women are against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/man_sad-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young men are easily targeted by toxic online influencers. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Ashley Morgan, a senior lecturer of media studies and visual cultures, specialises in toxic masculinity in popular culture and says that toxic masculinity is damaging young men\u2019s mental health. \u201cToxic masculinity really hurts men, badly, it makes them shut their feelings down. It makes many men feel worthless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley says that young men who feel marginalised are drawn to the manosphere space because it provides a sense of community. \u201cYoung men very much desire to be in a group even if the ethos of that group goes absolutely against their personal beliefs,\u201d says Ashley.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo for someone who is desperate to be part of something and feels that the manosphere is aligned with their ideas like \u201cwe don\u2019t like women or we think women are out to get us\u2019 then it would be very easy,\u201d says Ashley. \u201cAnd that is exactly what happens, they get drawn into constant negativity that they start to believe what influencers are saying.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manosphere influencers have become increasingly popular on social media by spreading their misogynistic views to impressionable young boys and men.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samay says that a lot of the content he has seen shames women. \u201cWomen are shown as secondary beings through their messages. They talk about sleeping with multiple women but at the same time also talk about the double standards where if a woman does the same thing, it&#8217;s wrong,\u201d says Samay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-770x1925.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-614x1536.jpg 614w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-293x733.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-770x1925.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-614x1536.jpg 614w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/04\/Online-masculinity-influencers-info-1-293x733.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussions around the manosphere and toxic masculinity often highlight the impact of pornography on young men as it reinforces aggression and sexual entitlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley says that although toxic masculinity is a new phenomenon, it has a greater impact with the rise of influencers and the accessibility of explicit content. \u201cTake men like Andrew Tate, young men have always looked up to people like that. What is different now is accessibility, especially with young boys having access to such egregious porn now too,\u201d says Ashley.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One proposed solution to help deal with this issue is to show Adolescence in schools. Netflix have announced that they are offering free viewings for secondary schools which has been backed by Keir Starmer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley disagrees with this idea because it is not fit for a school setting. \u201cI don\u2019t think we should be showing Adolescence in schools, it\u2019s not an educational tool, it\u2019s a drama.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley says that conversations between men and women need to take place. \u201cI do think women should be involved, and this will help men to understand their behaviour.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix\u2019s Adolescence has brought attention to toxic masculinity influencers and the manosphere. 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