# Manosphere Cult

> Movement or cult? Decide for yourself. An evidence-first, neutral reference on the manosphere: communities, figures, courses, claims checked in both directions, and help resources. Every factual claim is cited and sources are archived at publication. Maintained pseudonymously by The Fieldnote Desk; methodology at https://manospherecult.com/methodology.

## Start here

- [What is the manosphere?](https://manospherecult.com/understand/what-is-the-manosphere)
- [Is the manosphere a cult?](https://manospherecult.com/is-the-manosphere-a-cult)
- [Is Andrew Tate in jail? (dated status)](https://manospherecult.com/is-andrew-tate-in-jail)
- [How we work: methodology](https://manospherecult.com/methodology)
- [Corrections](https://manospherecult.com/corrections)

Sitemap: https://manospherecult.com/sitemap.xml

## Data (machine-readable, CC BY 4.0)

- [Open data: catalogue of all datasets below](https://manospherecult.com/research/data)
- [Fact-checked claims with verdicts and pinned sources (JSON)](https://manospherecult.com/claims.json) · [CSV](https://manospherecult.com/claims.csv)
- [Statistics with verdicts (JSON)](https://manospherecult.com/statistics.json) · [CSV](https://manospherecult.com/statistics.csv)
- [Glossary with harm_class slur flags (JSON)](https://manospherecult.com/glossary.json) · [CSV](https://manospherecult.com/glossary.csv)
- [Full citation index (JSON)](https://manospherecult.com/citations.json) · [CSV](https://manospherecult.com/citations.csv)
- [Dated legal and course status boxes (JSON)](https://manospherecult.com/status.json)
- [Legal and availability tracker (HTML)](https://manospherecult.com/tracker) · [RSS](https://manospherecult.com/tracker.xml)

## Full text

- [Full-text export of every page (title, summary, body)](https://manospherecult.com/llms-full.txt)

## Explainers

- [The manosphere's real-world effects](https://manospherecult.com/understand/effects)
- [What evolutionary psychology actually says](https://manospherecult.com/understand/evolutionary-psychology)
- [The platform guide: where the manosphere lives](https://manospherecult.com/understand/platform-guide)
- [The money: how the manosphere monetises](https://manospherecult.com/understand/the-money)
- [The "pipeline": how boys get pulled in](https://manospherecult.com/understand/the-pipeline)
- [The manosphere and politics](https://manospherecult.com/understand/the-politics)
- [A short history of the manosphere](https://manospherecult.com/understand/timeline)
- [What is the manosphere?](https://manospherecult.com/understand/what-is-the-manosphere)

## Communities

- [The Black Manosphere](https://manospherecult.com/communities/black-manosphere)
- [The Blackpill](https://manospherecult.com/communities/blackpill)
- [The Fathers' Rights Movement](https://manospherecult.com/communities/fathers-rights-movement)
- [Hustle-course culture](https://manospherecult.com/communities/hustle-course-culture)
- [Incels](https://manospherecult.com/communities/incels)
- [The looksmaxxing scene](https://manospherecult.com/communities/looksmaxxing)
- [The Men's Rights Movement (MRM)](https://manospherecult.com/communities/mens-rights-movement)
- [MGTOW — Men Going Their Own Way](https://manospherecult.com/communities/mgtow)
- [NoFap & Semen Retention](https://manospherecult.com/communities/nofap-and-semen-retention)
- [Passport Bros](https://manospherecult.com/communities/passport-bros)
- [Pick-Up Artistry](https://manospherecult.com/communities/pickup-artistry)
- [r/exredpill](https://manospherecult.com/communities/r-exredpill)
- [r/marriedredpill](https://manospherecult.com/communities/r-marriedredpill)
- [r/RedPillWomen](https://manospherecult.com/communities/r-redpillwomen)
- [r/TheRedPill](https://manospherecult.com/communities/r-theredpill)
- [The Red Pill](https://manospherecult.com/communities/red-pill)
- [Sigma / grindset culture](https://manospherecult.com/communities/sigma-grindset)
- [The femosphere](https://manospherecult.com/communities/the-femosphere)
- [The tradwife movement](https://manospherecult.com/communities/tradwives)

## People

- [Aaron Clarey](https://manospherecult.com/people/aaron-clarey)
- [Adin Ross](https://manospherecult.com/people/adin-ross)
- [Alana](https://manospherecult.com/people/alana)
- [Alok Kanojia](https://manospherecult.com/people/alok-kanojia)
- [Andrew Tate](https://manospherecult.com/people/andrew-tate)
- [Caleb Cain](https://manospherecult.com/people/caleb-cain)
- [Cassie Jaye](https://manospherecult.com/people/cassie-jaye)
- [Clavicular (Braden Peters)](https://manospherecult.com/people/clavicular)
- [ContraPoints](https://manospherecult.com/people/contrapoints)
- [David Buss](https://manospherecult.com/people/david-buss)
- [Debbie Ging](https://manospherecult.com/people/debbie-ging)
- [Erin Pizzey](https://manospherecult.com/people/erin-pizzey)
- [Ernest Belfort Bax](https://manospherecult.com/people/ernest-belfort-bax)
- [F.D Signifier](https://manospherecult.com/people/fd-signifier)
- [Gary Barker](https://manospherecult.com/people/gary-barker)
- [Hamza Ahmed](https://manospherecult.com/people/hamza-ahmed)
- [Herb Goldberg](https://manospherecult.com/people/herb-goldberg)
- [Ian Danskin](https://manospherecult.com/people/ian-danskin)
- [Jack Peterson](https://manospherecult.com/people/jack-peterson)
- [Jackson Katz](https://manospherecult.com/people/jackson-katz)
- [Jordan Peterson](https://manospherecult.com/people/jordan-peterson)
- [Julien Blanc](https://manospherecult.com/people/julien-blanc)
- [Justin Waller](https://manospherecult.com/people/justin-waller)
- [Karen Straughan](https://manospherecult.com/people/karen-straughan)
- [Kevin Samuels](https://manospherecult.com/people/kevin-samuels)
- [Laura Bates](https://manospherecult.com/people/laura-bates)
- [Lisa Sugiura](https://manospherecult.com/people/lisa-sugiura)
- [Michael Kimmel](https://manospherecult.com/people/michael-kimmel)
- [Mike Cernovich](https://manospherecult.com/people/mike-cernovich)
- [Myron Gaines](https://manospherecult.com/people/myron-gaines)
- [Mystery](https://manospherecult.com/people/mystery)
- [Neil Strauss](https://manospherecult.com/people/neil-strauss)
- [Owen Cook](https://manospherecult.com/people/owen-cook)
- [Paul Elam](https://manospherecult.com/people/paul-elam)
- [Pearl Davis](https://manospherecult.com/people/pearl-davis)
- [Richard Cooper](https://manospherecult.com/people/richard-cooper)
- [Richard Reeves](https://manospherecult.com/people/richard-reeves)
- [Robert Bly](https://manospherecult.com/people/robert-bly)
- [Rollo Tomassi](https://manospherecult.com/people/rollo-tomassi)
- [Roosh V](https://manospherecult.com/people/roosh-v)
- [Ross Jeffries](https://manospherecult.com/people/ross-jeffries)
- [Sandman](https://manospherecult.com/people/sandman)
- [Scott Galloway](https://manospherecult.com/people/scott-galloway)
- [Sneako](https://manospherecult.com/people/sneako)
- [Stefan Molyneux](https://manospherecult.com/people/stefan-molyneux)
- [Tristan Tate](https://manospherecult.com/people/tristan-tate)
- [Walter Weekes](https://manospherecult.com/people/walter-weekes)
- [Warren Farrell](https://manospherecult.com/people/warren-farrell)
- [William Costello](https://manospherecult.com/people/william-costello)

## Claims checked

- [Are 63% of young men really single?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/are-63-percent-of-young-men-single)
- [Are family courts biased against fathers?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/are-family-courts-biased-against-fathers)
- [Are incels a terror threat?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/are-incels-a-terror-threat)
- [Are most red-pill followers dangerous?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/are-most-red-pill-followers-dangerous)
- [Are single, childless women the happiest people?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/are-single-childless-women-the-happiest)
- [Can you get a refund from The Real World or Hustlers University?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/can-you-get-a-real-world-refund)
- [Do alpha males exist?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-alpha-males-exist)
- [Do boys fall behind in school?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-boys-fall-behind-in-school)
- [Do men do almost all the dangerous jobs?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-men-do-almost-all-the-dangerous-jobs)
- [Do men get longer sentences than women for the same crime?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-men-get-longer-sentences-for-the-same-crime)
- [Do women commit half of domestic violence?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-women-commit-half-of-domestic-violence)
- [Do women initiate 70% of divorces?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-women-initiate-70-percent-of-divorces)
- [Do women now outnumber men in college?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-women-now-outnumber-men-in-college)
- [Do women only want tall men?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-women-only-want-tall-men)
- [Do women prefer jerks over nice guys?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/do-women-prefer-jerks-over-nice-guys)
- [Does deplatforming work?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/does-deplatforming-work)
- [Does fatherlessness cause crime?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/does-fatherlessness-cause-crime)
- [Does mewing actually change your jawline?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/does-mewing-actually-change-your-jawline)
- [Does NoFap (semen retention) boost testosterone?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/does-nofap-boost-testosterone)
- [Does porn cause erectile dysfunction?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/does-porn-cause-erectile-dysfunction)
- [Does watching Andrew Tate content cause misogyny?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/does-watching-andrew-tate-cause-misogyny)
- [Has feminism made women unhappy?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/has-feminism-made-women-unhappy)
- [How common are false rape accusations?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/how-common-are-false-rape-accusations)
- [Is a single woman over 40 more likely to be killed by a terrorist than to marry?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-a-single-woman-over-40-likelier-to-die-in-a-terror-attack)
- [Is Adolescence based on a true story?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-adolescence-based-on-a-true-story)
- [Does a woman's "body count" predict relationship failure?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-body-count-important)
- [Is hypergamy universal?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-hypergamy-universal)
- [Is male circumcision the same as female genital mutilation?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-male-circumcision-genital-mutilation)
- [Is male suicide ignored?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-male-suicide-ignored)
- [Is marriage a bad deal for men?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-marriage-a-bad-deal-for-men)
- [Is online dating rigged against men?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-online-dating-rigged-against-men)
- [Are 10–30% of children the product of paternity fraud?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-paternity-fraud-10-to-30-percent)
- [Are sperm counts really declining?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-sperm-count-declining)
- [Is men's testosterone collapsing?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-testosterone-collapsing)
- [Is the 80/20 rule of dating true?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-the-80-20-rule-of-dating-true)
- [Is there a gender empathy gap against men?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-the-gender-empathy-gap-real)
- [Is the gender pay gap a myth?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-the-gender-pay-gap-a-myth)
- [Is The Real World (Andrew Tate's course) legit?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-the-real-world-legit)
- [Is "the wall" real?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-the-wall-real)
- [Is there a male loneliness epidemic?](https://manospherecult.com/claims/is-there-a-male-loneliness-epidemic)

## Courses examined

- [Hustlers University](https://manospherecult.com/courses/hustlers-university)
- [The wider guru-course economy](https://manospherecult.com/courses/other-gurus)
- [The Real World](https://manospherecult.com/courses/the-real-world)
- [The War Room](https://manospherecult.com/courses/the-war-room)
- [Warning signs your kid has bought a guru course](https://manospherecult.com/courses/warning-signs-your-kid-bought-a-course)

## Glossary

- [algospeak](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/algospeak)
- [Alpha fucks, beta bucks](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/alpha-fucks-beta-bucks)
- [alpha male](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/alpha-male)
- [alpha widow](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/alpha-widow)
- [approach anxiety](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/approach-anxiety)
- [AWALT](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/awalt)
- [beta male](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/beta-male)
- [beta orbiter](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/beta-orbiter)
- [blackpill](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/blackpill)
- [blue pill](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/blue-pill)
- [body count](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/body-count)
- [bonesmashing](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/bonesmashing)
- [Briffault's law](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/briffaults-law)
- [canthal tilt](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/canthal-tilt)
- [Chad](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/chad)
- [coomer](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/coomer)
- [cuck](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/cuck)
- [dark triad](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/dark-triad)
- [day game](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/day-game)
- [Dread game](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/dread-game)
- [the 80/20 rule](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/eighty-twenty-rule)
- [escape the matrix](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/escape-the-matrix)
- [False time constraint](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/false-time-constraint)
- [femcel](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/femcel)
- [Femoid](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/femoid)
- [frame](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/frame)
- [GigaChad](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/gigachad)
- [Going ER](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/going-er)
- [grindset](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/grindset)
- [gymcel](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/gymcel)
- [gynocentrism](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/gynocentrism)
- [hardmaxxing](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/hardmaxxing)
- [heightcel](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/heightcel)
- [heightmaxxing](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/heightmaxxing)
- [high-value man](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/high-value-man)
- [hunter eyes](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/hunter-eyes)
- [hypergamy](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/hypergamy)
- [incel](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/incel)
- [indicator of interest](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/indicator-of-interest)
- [it's over](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/its-over)
- [jaw trainer](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/jaw-trainer)
- [JBW theory](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/jbw-theory)
- [Kino escalation](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/kino-escalation)
- [Last-minute resistance](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/last-minute-resistance)
- [LDAR](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/ldar)
- [looks theory](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/looks-theory)
- [looksmaxxing](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/looksmaxxing)
- [low-value man](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/low-value-man)
- [male disposability](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/male-disposability)
- [male loneliness epidemic](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/male-loneliness-epidemic)
- [manfluencer](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/manfluencer)
- [manosphere](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/manosphere)
- [mewing](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/mewing)
- [MGTOW](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/mgtow)
- [misandry](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/misandry)
- [mogging](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/mogging)
- [monk mode](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/monk-mode)
- [MRA](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/mra)
- [NAWALT](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/nawalt)
- [NEET](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/neet)
- [negging](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/negging)
- [NoFap](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/nofap)
- [normie](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/normie)
- [Norwood scale](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/norwood-scale)
- [oneitis](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/oneitis)
- [opener](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/opener)
- [peacocking](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/peacocking)
- [PSL](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/psl)
- [purple pill](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/purple-pill)
- [rationalization hamster](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/rationalization-hamster)
- [red pill](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/red-pill)
- [rizz](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/rizz)
- [Roastie](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/roastie)
- [sarging](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/sarging)
- [semen retention](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/semen-retention)
- [shit test](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/shit-test)
- [sigma male](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/sigma-male)
- [simp](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/simp)
- [SMV](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/smv)
- [softmaxxing](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/softmaxxing)
- [spinning plates](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/spinning-plates)
- [Stacy](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/stacy)
- [The Mystery Method](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/the-mystery-method)
- [the wall](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/the-wall)
- [Top G](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/top-g)
- [toxic masculinity](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/toxic-masculinity)
- [tradwife](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/tradwife)
- [truecel](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/truecel)
- [Tyrone](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/tyrone)
- [unicorn](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/unicorn)
- [volcel](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/volcel)
- [what color is your Bugatti](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/what-color-is-your-bugatti)
- [white knight](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/white-knight)
- [wingman](https://manospherecult.com/glossary/wingman)

## Statistics

- [Men of all ages tend to prefer women in their twenties, and on average say they'd consider partners as young as about 21](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/age-preference-asymmetry)
- [A test TikTok feed went from 13% to 56% misogynistic content in 5 days](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/algorithm-misogyny-amplification)
- [Wild wolf packs have no 'alpha' — they're families led by breeding parents](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/alpha-wolf-myth)
- [Premarital sex only with the future husband carries no elevated divorce risk](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/body-count-divorce-risk)
- [Among young US adults, 47% of women vs 37% of men hold a degree](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/college-degree-gender-gap)
- [Contact sexual violence by a partner — 19.7% of women vs 4.4% of men](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/contact-sexual-violence-gap)
- [About 82% of custodial parents are mothers](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/custodial-parents-mothers)
- [Dark-triad traits are linked to short-term mating, not long-term relationships](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/dark-triad-attraction)
- [Identical harm is judged more severe when the victim is a woman](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/empathy-gap-perceived-harm)
- [False rape reports are roughly 2–8%, not 40–50%](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/false-rape-report-rate)
- [Much of the incarceration risk linked to father absence traces to poverty and other disadvantages, not fatherlessness itself](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/fatherlessness-crime-risk)
- [Height plays only a modest role in actual couple formation](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/height-mating-preference)
- [About 59 people have been killed in incel-linked attacks](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/incel-attack-deaths)
- [Medical male circumcision lowers heterosexual HIV risk by about 60%](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/male-circumcision-hiv)
- [The share of US men with no close friends rose from 3% to 15%](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/male-friendlessness-rise)
- [US men die by suicide about four times as often as women](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/male-suicide-rate-gap)
- [Married people die at lower rates — and it doesn't vary by gender](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/marriage-and-mortality)
- [Across 37 cultures, women rated a mate's financial prospects higher than men did — but the gap shrinks with equality](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/mate-preference-status-gap)
- [No clinical evidence that mewing reshapes an adult's jawline](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/mewing-jawline-evidence)
- [The viral "45% testosterone in 7 days" study was retracted](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/nofap-testosterone-retracted)
- [Online daters pursue partners about 25% more desirable than themselves](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/online-dating-desirability-gap)
- [62% of those injured by a partner are women](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/partner-violence-injury-gap)
- [The general-population paternity-discrepancy rate is about 3.7%](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/paternity-discrepancy-rate)
- [Systematic review finds little or no evidence that pornography use causes erectile dysfunction](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/porn-erectile-dysfunction-evidence)
- [Women earn about 83 cents to the male dollar (raw, unadjusted)](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/raw-gender-pay-gap)
- [Even among incels, most are non-violent — only a minority endorse violence](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/red-pill-radicalization-risk)
- [Men receive markedly longer federal sentences than women for similar crimes](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/sentence-length-gap)
- [Soy does not lower men's testosterone](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/soy-and-testosterone)
- [Sperm concentration fell about 52% between 1973 and 2011](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/sperm-count-decline)
- [Andrew Tate hashtags had 14.1 billion TikTok views at his ban](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/tate-reach-at-ban)
- [On Tinder, male profiles were liked far less often than female profiles](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/tinder-match-gap)
- [Women initiate about 69% of divorces](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/women-initiate-divorces)
- [Women are about 58% of US undergraduates](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/women-undergrad-majority)
- [Women's self-reported happiness fell over ~35 years, both absolutely and relative to men](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/womens-happiness-decline)
- [Men are about 92% of US workplace deaths](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/workplace-fatalities-men)
- [63% of young US men are single, vs 34% of young women](https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/young-men-single)

## Research library

- [American Association of Orthodontists — Is mewing bad for you?](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/aao-mewing-position)
- [Anti-Defamation League — Incels (involuntary celibates) backgrounder](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/adl-incels-backgrounder)
- [Anti-Defamation League — Sneako: five things to know](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/adl-sneako)
- [AIBM — Degrees of Difference: male college enrollment and completion](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/aibm-degrees-of-difference)
- [AIBM — Male loneliness and isolation: what the data shows](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/aibm-male-loneliness)
- [Antfolk 2017 — Age limits: men's and women's youngest and oldest considered and actual partners](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/antfolk-2017-age-limits)
- [American Psychological Association — Guidelines for psychological practice with boys and men](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/apa-guidelines-boys-men)
- [Archer 2000 — Sex differences in aggression between heterosexual partners](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/archer-2000-partner-aggression)
- [Bellis et al. 2005 — Measuring paternal discrepancy and its public health consequences](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/bellis-2005-paternal-discrepancy)
- [2024 — A feminine advantage in the domain of harm: a review and path forward](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/biology-letters-2024-harm-advantage)
- [2023 — Mainstreaming the blackpill: understanding the incel community on TikTok](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/blackpill-tiktok-2023)
- [Blau & Kahn 2017 — The gender wage gap: extent, trends, and explanations](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/blau-kahn-2017-gender-wage-gap)
- [BLS — Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/bls-cfoi-fatal-injuries)
- [BLS — Women in the labor force, 2024](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/bls-women-in-labor-force-2024)
- [BLS — Highlights of women's earnings in 2023](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/bls-womens-earnings)
- [Bruch & Newman 2018 — Aspirational pursuit of mates in online dating markets](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/bruch-newman-2018-aspirational-mating)
- [Buss 1989 — Sex differences in human mate preferences across 37 cultures](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/buss-1989-mate-preferences)
- [Cancian et al. 2014 — Who gets custody now? Dramatic changes in children's living arrangements after divorce](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/cancian-2014-custody)
- [Center for Countering Digital Hate — Banned, but not gone: YouTube bans Andrew Tate](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ccdh-banned-but-not-gone)
- [Center for Countering Digital Hate — The Incelosphere](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ccdh-incelosphere)
- [Center for Countering Digital Hate — Who is Andrew Tate?](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ccdh-who-is-andrew-tate)
- [Commission for Countering Extremism — Predicting harm among incels](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/cce-predicting-harm-incels)
- [CDC — About Intimate Partner Violence](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/cdc-intimate-partner-violence)
- [U.S. Census Bureau — Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/census-custodial-child-support)
- [Cheng et al. 2013 — Two ways to the top: dominance and prestige as distinct routes to social rank](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/cheng-2013-dominance-prestige)
- [Cheng, Tracy & Henrich 2021 — Dominance is necessary to explain human status hierarchies](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/cheng-2021-dominance-necessary)
- [Child Mind Institute — Looksmaxxing and its impact on boys](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/child-mind-looksmaxxing)
- [2013 — Coaching Boys into Men: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a dating-violence prevention program](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/coaching-boys-into-men-2013)
- [Copland 2020 — Reddit quarantined: can changing platform affordances reduce hateful materials online?](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/copland-2020-reddit-quarantine)
- [Costello et al. 2022 — Levels of well-being among men who are incel](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/costello-2022-incel-wellbeing)
- [DCU Anti-Bullying Centre — Recommending toxicity: algorithmic recommender systems](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/dcu-recommending-toxicity)
- [2019 — Digesting the red pill: masculinity and neoliberalism in the manosphere](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/digesting-red-pill-2019)
- [Eagly & Wood 1999 — The origins of sex differences in human behavior: evolved dispositions versus social roles](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/eagly-wood-1999-origins-sex-differences)
- [Elliptic — Andrew Tate's Hustler's University crypto-revenue analysis](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/elliptic-hustlers-university-crypto)
- [2018 — Engaging men in psychological treatment: a scoping review](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/engaging-men-treatment-2018)
- [Equimundo — State of American Men 2023](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/equimundo-state-of-american-men)
- [Equimundo — What is the manosphere?](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/equimundo-what-is-the-manosphere)
- [EVAWI — False reports: percentage](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/evawi-false-reports)
- [Facing my own misogyny: a content analysis of personal essays on the subreddit r/IncelExit](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/facing-misogyny-incelexit-2023)
- [Gallup — Younger men in the U.S. among the loneliest in the West](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/gallup-young-men-loneliest)
- [Ging 2019 — Alphas, betas, and incels: masculinities of the manosphere](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ging-2019-alphas-betas-incels)
- [GNET — Learning from the leavers? The promise (and perils) of r/IncelExit](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/gnet-incelexit)
- [GNET — Monetising misogyny: engagement farming and incendiary tactics](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/gnet-monetising-misogyny)
- [GNET — 'Doing what God designed men to do': red-pilled Christians](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/gnet-red-pilled-christians)
- [Harper & McLanahan 2004 — Father absence and youth incarceration](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/harper-mclanahan-2004-father-absence)
- [Home Office — Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/home-office-prevent-referral-stats)
- [HOPE not hate — Written evidence to UK Parliament (MIS0061)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/hope-not-hate-evidence)
- [Institute for Family Studies — There's no huge gender gap in being single among young adults](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ifs-gender-gap-single)
- [2022 — Involuntary celibacy: a review of incel ideology and experiences with dating](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/incel-ideology-review-2022)
- [2023 — The mating psychology of incels: misfortunes, misperceptions, and misrepresentations](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/incel-mating-psychology-2023)
- [Why isn't there more incel violence? (2023)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/incel-violence-2023)
- [Internet Matters — Research into online misogyny and image-based abuse](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/internet-matters-online-misogyny)
- [Internet Matters — Favourable views towards Andrew Tate among teens and parents](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/internet-matters-tate-views)
- [Institute for Strategic Dialogue — Unprompted and unwarranted: YouTube's algorithm](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/isd-youtube-algorithm)
- [2019 — The potential associations of pornography use with sexual dysfunctions: an integrative review](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/jcm-2019-porn-dysfunction-review)
- [Jhaver et al. 2021 — Evaluating the effectiveness of deplatforming as a moderation strategy](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/jhaver-2021-deplatforming)
- [Jiang et al. 2003 — Ejaculation and serum testosterone (later retracted)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/jiang-2003-ejaculation-testosterone)
- [2025 — Marital status and the risk of cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality (meta-analysis)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/jrsm-2025-marital-status-mortality)
- [Levine et al. 2017 — Temporal trends in sperm count](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/levine-2017-sperm-count)
- [2022 — Effectiveness of Man Therapy to reduce suicidal ideation and depression (RCT)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/man-therapy-rct-2022)
- [2024 — Mainstreaming the manosphere's misogyny through affective homosocial currencies](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/manosphere-homosocial-misogyny-2024)
- [Manzoli et al. 2007 — Marital status and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/manzoli-2007-marital-mortality)
- [McLanahan, Tach & Schneider 2013 — The causal effects of father absence](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/mclanahan-2013-father-absence)
- [Mech 1999 — Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/mech-1999-alpha-wolf)
- [Media Matters — Beyond Andrew Tate: the misogynistic manosphere influencers](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/media-matters-beyond-tate)
- [Media Matters — Manosphere influencers promote sexual assault and downplay rape](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/media-matters-sexual-assault)
- [Movember Institute — Young Men's Health in a Digital World](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/movember-young-mens-health)
- [NCES — Undergraduate graduation rates (Fast Facts)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/nces-graduation-rates)
- [NCES — Reading Performance (Condition of Education)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/nces-reading-performance)
- [NCES — Undergraduate Enrollment (Condition of Education)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/nces-undergrad-enrollment)
- [NIMH — Suicide statistics](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/nimh-suicide-statistics)
- [Ofcom — The Manosphere unmasked](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ofcom-manosphere-unmasked)
- [Ofsted — Review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ofsted-sexual-abuse-schools-review)
- [Understanding the influence of online misogyny in schools from the perspective of teachers](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/online-misogyny-schools-plos)
- [Park et al. 2016 — Is internet pornography causing sexual dysfunctions? A review with clinical reports](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/park-2016-porn-sexual-dysfunction)
- [Pew Research Center — A record-high share of 40-year-olds have never been married](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/pew-40yo-never-married)
- [Pew Research Center — The enduring grip of the gender pay gap](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/pew-gender-pay-gap-grip)
- [Pew Research Center — Men, Women and Social Connections](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/pew-men-women-social-connections)
- [Pew Research Center — Key findings about online dating in the U.S.](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/pew-online-dating-key-findings)
- [Pew Research Center — A profile of single Americans](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/pew-profile-single-americans)
- [Pew Research Center — For Valentine's Day, 5 facts about single Americans](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/pew-single-americans-valentines)
- [Pew Research Center — U.S. women are outpacing men in college completion](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/pew-women-college-completion)
- [Plan International UK — What are incels?](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/plan-uk-what-are-incels)
- [Public Safety Canada — Terrorism charges laid in an ideologically motivated homicide](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/public-safety-canada-imve-homicide)
- [Reed et al. 2021 — Neither soy nor isoflavone intake affects male reproductive hormones: a meta-analysis](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/reed-2021-soy-testosterone)
- [Ribeiro et al. 2021 — The evolution of the manosphere across the web](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ribeiro-2021-manosphere-evolution)
- [Ribeiro et al. 2021 — Do platform migrations compromise content moderation? Evidence from r/The_Donald and r/Incels](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ribeiro-2021-platform-migration)
- [Rosenfeld 2018 — Who wants the breakup? Gender and breakup in heterosexual couples](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/rosenfeld-2018-who-wants-breakup)
- [Samaritans — Latest suicide data](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/samaritans-latest-suicide-data)
- [Schmitt 2012 — When the difference is in the details: a critique of Zentner and Mitura](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/schmitt-2012-caveman-critique)
- [2025 — 'Your seed is your life force': masculinities of spirituality and entrepreneurialism](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/seed-life-force-masculinity-2025)
- [Speckhard et al. 2021 — Involuntary celibates' grievance over sexual exclusion](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/speckhard-2021-incel-grievance)
- [Southern Poverty Law Center — From Screens to Schools: male supremacy's impact and prevention](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/splc-screens-to-schools)
- [Stulp et al. 2013 — Are mating preferences for height reflected in actual pairings?](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/stulp-2013-height-mating)
- [2016 — Sunk costs, psychological symptomology, and help seeking](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/sunk-costs-help-seeking-2016)
- [Teachman 2003 — Premarital sex, premarital cohabitation, and the risk of subsequent marital dissolution](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/teachman-2003-premarital-sex-divorce)
- [Travison et al. 2007 — A population-level decline in serum testosterone in American men](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/travison-2007-testosterone-decline)
- [Tyson et al. 2016 — A first look at user activity on Tinder](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/tyson-2016-tinder-activity)
- [USSC — 2023 Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/ussc-federal-sentencing-2023)
- [WHO — Female genital mutilation (fact sheet)](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/who-female-genital-mutilation)
- [WHO — Social connection linked to improved health and reduced risk of early death](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/who-social-connection-health)
- [WHO / National Academies — Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision as an HIV-prevention intervention](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/who-vmmc-hiv-prevention)
- [Women's Aid — Influencers and attitudes report](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/womens-aid-influencers-report)
- [Zentner & Mitura 2012 — Nations' gender gap predicts sex differences in mate preferences](https://manospherecult.com/research/library/zentner-mitura-2012-gender-gap-mate-prefs)

## Media reviews

- [12 Rules for Life (Jordan Peterson, 2018)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/12-rules-for-life)
- [Adolescence (Netflix, 2025)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/adolescence)
- [Iron John: A Book About Men (Robert Bly, 1990)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/iron-john)
- [Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (Netflix, 2026)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/louis-theroux-inside-the-manosphere)
- [Men Who Hate Women (Laura Bates, 2020)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/men-who-hate-women)
- [Of Boys and Men (Richard V. Reeves, 2022)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/of-boys-and-men)
- [The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate (Vice/BBC, 2023)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-dangerous-rise-of-andrew-tate)
- [The Evolution of Desire (David M. Buss, 1994)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-evolution-of-desire)
- [The Fraud of Feminism (Ernest Belfort Bax, 1913)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-fraud-of-feminism)
- [The Game (Neil Strauss, 2005)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-game)
- [The Incel Rebellion (Lisa Sugiura, 2021)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-incel-rebellion)
- [The Legal Subjection of Men (Ernest Belfort Bax, 1908)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-legal-subjection-of-men)
- [The Myth of Male Power (Warren Farrell, 1993)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-myth-of-male-power)
- [The Politics of Manhood (ed. Michael S. Kimmel, 1995)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-politics-of-manhood)
- [The Rational Male (Rollo Tomassi, 2013)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-rational-male)
- [The Red Pill (Cassie Jaye, 2016)](https://manospherecult.com/research/reviews/the-red-pill)

## Comparisons

- [Alpha male vs beta male](https://manospherecult.com/compare/alpha-male-vs-beta-male)
- [Alpha male vs sigma male](https://manospherecult.com/compare/alpha-male-vs-sigma-male)
- [Andrew Tate vs Jordan Peterson](https://manospherecult.com/compare/andrew-tate-vs-jordan-peterson)
- [Andrew Tate vs Tristan Tate](https://manospherecult.com/compare/andrew-tate-vs-tristan-tate)
- [Chad vs incel](https://manospherecult.com/compare/chad-vs-incel)
- [Chad vs Stacy](https://manospherecult.com/compare/chad-vs-stacy)
- [Hamza Ahmed vs Andrew Tate](https://manospherecult.com/compare/hamza-ahmed-vs-andrew-tate)
- [High-value man vs low-value man](https://manospherecult.com/compare/high-value-man-vs-low-value-man)
- [Hustlers University vs The Real World](https://manospherecult.com/compare/hustlers-university-vs-the-real-world)
- [Incel vs femcel](https://manospherecult.com/compare/incel-vs-femcel)
- [MGTOW vs incel](https://manospherecult.com/compare/mgtow-vs-incel)
- [MGTOW vs the men's rights movement](https://manospherecult.com/compare/mgtow-vs-mra)
- [Pickup artistry vs the red pill](https://manospherecult.com/compare/pickup-artistry-vs-red-pill)
- [Red pill vs black pill](https://manospherecult.com/compare/red-pill-vs-blackpill)
- [Red pill vs blue pill](https://manospherecult.com/compare/red-pill-vs-blue-pill)

## Help guides

- [A clinician's guide to red-pilled clients](https://manospherecult.com/help/clinicians)
- [A guide for coaches and youth workers](https://manospherecult.com/help/coaches)
- [A guide for faith leaders](https://manospherecult.com/help/faith-leaders)
- [For you — if this content is your feed](https://manospherecult.com/help/for-you)
- [My mate's going down the rabbit hole](https://manospherecult.com/help/friends)
- [You want out — a practical exit roadmap](https://manospherecult.com/help/getting-out)
- [A parent's guide to the manosphere](https://manospherecult.com/help/parents)
- [My partner has discovered the red pill](https://manospherecult.com/help/partners)
- [Ideology or threat? A guide for safeguarding leads and school counselors](https://manospherecult.com/help/safeguarding-leads)
- [A teacher's guide to the manosphere in your classroom](https://manospherecult.com/help/teachers)
- [For teen girls — red-pilled classmates, boyfriends and feeds](https://manospherecult.com/help/teen-girls)