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The Language of the Manosphere

Word of Mouth by BBC

Sep 21, 202527:29Society & Culture

The 'Manosphere' is a group of loosely affiliated mainly young males who have developed a specialised vocabulary to discuss women online in a negative and hostile way. Some of the vocabulary is a response to feminism whi...

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The Language of the Manosphere is an episode from Word of Mouth by BBC. The 'Manosphere' is a group of loosely affiliated mainly young males who have developed a specialised vocabulary to discuss women online in a negative and hostile way....

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