“All of these things are in service of kind of the same project, which is emboldening traditional masculinity,” one expert said.

Summary

In 2024, conservative-leaning online spaces emphasizing traditional masculinity gained mainstream influence, driven by figures like Joe Rogan and trends like the “tradwife” movement.

Platforms like X, under Elon Musk’s ownership, became hubs for anti-“woke” sentiment, while podcasting further amplified right-wing ideas.

This cultural shift mirrored Trump’s election victory and reflected backlash against progressive gender norms.

Though some view these spaces as promoting traditional values, critics warn of growing misogyny and radicalization in the “manosphere.”

The rise of such spaces highlights deepening political polarization online.

  • Free_Opinions
    35·
    2 days ago

    What you’re saying is you’d think less of yourself if someone in the circles you run in exposed you to a simple piece of information?

    That’s not even remotely what I’m saying.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 days ago

      Did you not say you place value on not knowing? Now that you know, you must have less value than before…

      • Free_Opinions
        38·
        2 days ago

        I place value at curating my online media diet in a way that certain topics I’m not interested in are exluded from it. I don’t value what ever is trending on twitter at this very moment so I don’t pay any attention to it. I don’t just simply feed on what ever the social media algorithms are serving me but instead I try and be intentional about it. I can’t know what I don’t know. It’s only when something like “Hawk Tuah” shows up on my Lemmy feed that I get concrete evidence that I, in-fact, have succesfully managed to avoid it.

        And I’m sorry to inform you but I still have no clue what it is nor do I care.

        • glimse@lemmy.world
          71·
          2 days ago

          While you partied, I studied the blade

          I guess curating your online media diet includes not reading comments before replying to them because I told you what Hawk Tuah meant.

          • Free_Opinions
            18·
            2 days ago

            I stopped reading mid-sentence as it doesn’t interest me.

              • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
                2·
                2 days ago

                I honestly don’t understand why you have such an issue with the guy being happy about not knowing about certain pieces of popculture or any information.

                I actively avoid shit like celebrity gossip/dating, fox News, and Bill Maher and if ppl in my social circle started talking about it my first instinct we be to tell them I don’t want to know