“oi stop being such a soyboy b3tacvck” - thomas shelby of peaky blinders probably

Join me in taking the “red pill” as I explore the (rising) depths of the online manosphere, “alpha males”, and the supposed icons of this growing community.

note: I got myself a new mic and am still trying to wrap my head around the audio mixing for it, and unfortunately the audio kinda craps itself somewhere around the later middle section. It gets better in the chapter after though, I promise! 🙏

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🕦TIMESTAMPS:🕝
0:00 – Intro
2:17 – Part 1: Alpha Males & the “Manosphere”
8:36 – Andrew Tate
19:13 – Fresh and Fit
26:43 – Pearl Davis (aka “justpearlythings”)
31:52 – The appeal of the manosphere
37:13 – Part 2: Rise of the “Sigma Males”
40:10 – “Literally Me” characters
43:06 – Part 2.1: The Curious Case of Patrick Bateman
53:00 – Part 2.2: The Cult of Tyler Durden
58:42 - The rise of real-world “fight clubs”
1:00:14 – Tyler Durden and the pick-up artists
1:04:52 – The actual lesson of “Fight Club”
1:08:35 – “Sigma females”?
1:11:03 – Part 3: Debunking the “Alpha Male”
1:17:22 – Studies: Is stereotypical “alpha” dominance actually attractive?
1:19:01 – “Alpha-maleness” is subjective
1:21:18 – Part 4: The Manosphere Fantasy (Addressing the Bigger Issues)
1:23:07 – The “man box”
1:29:06 – The manosphere grift
1:38:10 – How can we actually address men’s issues?
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📄Main Sources Used: 📄

I joined Andrew Tate's cult and it was worse than I thought (Coffeezilla)
https://youtu.be/BijOF8I2t_4

Are people missing the point of ‘American Psycho’? – Connor Mannion (Medium)
https://medium.com/@FiletMannion/are-people-missing-the-point-of-american-psycho-47ffcdbed266

American Psycho director Mary Harron: “We’ve never really left” the era of Patrick Bateman – Katie Rife (AV Club)
https://www.avclub.com/american-psycho-director-mary-harron-we-ve-never-real-1842839329

What You're Getting Wrong About David Fincher's ‘Fight Club' – Matt Goldberg (Collider)
https://collider.com/what-is-fight-club-really-about-explained/

Everyone Misunderstands the Point of Fight Club – Rebecca Renner (LitHub)
https://lithub.com/everyone-misunderstands-the-point-of-fight-club

How America Became Infatuated With a Cartoonish Idea of ‘Alpha Males’ – Jesse Singal (New York Magazine)
https://nymag.com/article/2016/05/the-rise-of-the-alpha-beta-male.html

The ‘alpha male’ myth, debunked | Frans de Waal (Big Think)
https://youtu.be/inx2dMobzYs

The surprising science of alpha males | Frans de Waal (TED)
https://youtu.be/BPsSKKL8N0s

The Myth of the Alpha Male – Scott Barry Kaufman (Greater Good Magazine)
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_myth_of_the_alpha_male

Dominance, Prosocial Orientation, and Female Preferences: Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last? – Lauri-Jensen Campbell et al. (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278931164_Dominance_Prosocial_Orientation_and_Female_Preferences_Do_Nice_Guys_Really_Finish_Last

The dominance dilemma: Do women really prefer dominant mates? – Jeffrey K. Snyder et al. (Journal – Personal Relationships)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227653109_The_dominance_dilemma_Do_women_really_prefer_dominant_mates

The Man Box - A Study on Being a Young Man in the US, UK, and Mexico (Equimundo)
https://www.equimundo.org/resources/man-box-study-young-man-us-uk-mexico/

Boys’ Friendships During Adolescence: Intimacy, Desire, and Loss – Niobe Way (Journal of Research on Adolescence)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/jra_article.pdf

Fatherhood and Social Connections (Movember)
https://cdn.movember.com/uploads/images/News/UK/Movember Fathers %26 Social Connections Report.pdf

State of American Men 2023 – From Crisis and Confusion to Hope (Equimundo)
https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/STATE-OF-AMERICAN-MEN-2023.pdf

Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Say Dating Has Gotten Harder for Most People in the Last 10 Years – Anna Brown (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/nearly-half-of-u-s-adults-say-dating-has-gotten-harder-for-most-people-in-the-last-10-years/

The Manosphere as an Online Protection Racket: How the Red Pill Monetizes Male Need for Security in Modern Society – Eva Bujalka et al. (Fast Capitalism)
https://fastcapitalism.journal.library.uta.edu/index.php/fastcapitalism/article/view/447/524

Journey Into The MANOSPHERE (Sisyphus 55)
https://youtu.be/lSq3bcyrJY0

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