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Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere exposes the business model of misogyny Theroux’s new Netflix documentary exposes the ‘manfluencers’ profiting off male grievance – and hurting both men and women in the process.

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Explore what Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere shows: the brazen entitlement of influencers, how they recruit boys, the harms to girls & women, and discuss why trauma doesn’t drive or explain misogyny. theconversation.com/louis-therou...

Death toll from Iran school bombing reportedly rises to almost 150 Strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media

This is not "collateral damage." It is always civilians who suffer the most when nation states wage war. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Female Privilege? Why Tradwife Is More Economics Than Empowerment | CONNECTED Power and Principles YouTube video by CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus

Part two of my debut on Taiwanese TV, with TaiwanPlus! :)

In this section of 'Connected', we explored the trad wife phenomenon...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLJU...

Manosphere: How Misogyny Took Over Social Media | CONNECTED Power and Principles YouTube video by CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus

Excited to have made my Taiwan TV debut this week!

Here is part one of the 'Connected' show on TaiwanPlus, in discussion with Jess Reia, talking about the manosphere and networked misogyny. Part 2 (on tradwives) to follow.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzGn...

How Married at First Sight is normalising gender hierarchy A heated MAFS exchange reveals how “masculine energy” talk disguises power and submission as human nature.

New in Monash Lens by me & @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social.
Looking at Married at First Sight, we consider how the language of “masculine energy,” “alpha men,” & “natural roles” constructs a world where gender hierarchy feels inevitable rather than ideological.

lens.monash.edu/married-at-f...

The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny Drawing on qualitative survey data from 107 Australian teachers, we analyse how boys perform masculinity in schools through dominance, derision, defiance, and harassment, in ways that constitute re...

Very happy to confirm our article is now OPEN ACCES!

'The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny', is published in Gender & Education.

Pls share widely!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

Not blocked. But I also don't understand the point being made. I am arguing for structural reform and worker dignity and better conditions in work that is socially necessary...

Thanks - the one i told you about 18-20 months ago is still in peer review!

Yes! i always feel odd about this...lie no permission has been sought but they are always there!

Gendered Attitudes or Structural Barriers? Men Front Line Workers' Perspectives on What Keeps Men out of Paid Care Work in Australia Gender segregation in paid care work offers a critical lens for understanding how gender inequality is reproduced in contemporary societies. While much research has explained men's absence from paid ....

What keeps men out of frontline care work? - Our new paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social suggests problem is less masculine identity anxieties & more low pay, insecure hours, limited progression & poor public understanding of care work onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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thank you 🙏

The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny Drawing on qualitative survey data from 107 Australian teachers, we analyse how boys perform masculinity in schools through dominance, derision, defiance, and harassment, in ways that constitute re...

Very happy to confirm our article is now OPEN ACCES!

'The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny', is published in Gender & Education.

Pls share widely!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

Towards Progressive Masculinities? Young Working-Class Men in Transition - Prof Steven Roberts - Now and Men Is masculinity 'under attack', or

In Nov, @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social made the case that we need to avoid feeding into notions that boys are ‘under attack’, and highlight why gender equality is good for all of us - something many boys and men are already putting into practice in a variety of ways: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

What a privilege to talk to @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social for #NowandMen. We discussed how men's violence impacts on *everyone*, but also the seeds of hope found in young working-class masculinities, and Steven's experiences of both - in his own life and his research: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

Scott Galloway mistakes a broad social malaise for a gender-specific pathology - ABC Religion & Ethics A new book by the academic, podcaster and entrepreneur misdiagnoses the ills of our time as primarily a male economic and identity disorder — but he thereby narrows the structural story into a familia...

My new piece looks at why men’s struggles/ disconnection are real, but also part of a wider social malaise that we can’t be pinned on women. I reject Galloway’s framing & argue the real crisis is rooted in broader social breakdown, not gender-essentialist narratives.

www.abc.net.au/religion/woe...

The ideology of oppression, segregation the GC framework doesn't make sense to me.

My Sunday morning reading;

"This paper contributes to the ongoing task of analysing the ideological connections between this strand of feminism and the far right."

Suzy Killmister: Monash University, Australia

This was such a lovely time and a great privilege. Thanks @thedailypanda.bsky.social and Sandy Ruxton for being such great and generous hosts

We got pretty emotional on the latest #NowandMen talking to Prof @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social about his amazing life & work, which illuminates both the sexist ideas being fed to young men, and the seeds of hope in how many are challenging rigid notions of masculinity. nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

1. A box a teenager checked on a form 20 years ago (that was accurate) isn’t newsworthy.
2. The source clearly had political motives and you hid that.
3. One the byline reporters on the “story” is an avid follower of an open white supremacist.
4. Pictures of tweets? Really? You that lazy?

On the Crisis of (White) Masculinity • The Paris Institute Image: "A Bantam," from Shadows by Charles Bennett (ca. 1856)

I wrote on this with @sociananthony.bsky.social last year as well. Here if you’re interested. parisinstitute.org/on-the-crisi...

Recycled panic: The long history of worrying about boys and men Across media and politics, claims of a “masculinity crisis” are rising. But is this new or just history repeating? A deeper look at boys, men, and cultural change.

“The real work lies in moving past old scripts and moral panics, and towards a more thoughtful, inclusive approach to gender justice.” @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social

The discourse of masculinity as “in crisis” is deeply problematic.

lens.monash.edu/@steven-robe...

Women’s safety is not a side-benefit of better male health: What Sussan Ley didn’t get quite right - ABC Religion & Ethics Opposition leader Sussan Ley’s press club speech was brave, and her leadership presents an opportunity to shift long-stagnant debates — but along the way she tried to package two overlapping yet disti...

My former colleague @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social 🙌🏻

A Muslim son of immigrants, backed by and backing Black and Jewish leaders, rising in NYC politics isn’t just coalition-building, it’s the American promise realized. It terrifies bigots precisely because it works. Diverse power-sharing isn’t a threat, it’s the future. So New York. So necessary.

nice life news: I am rejoining the Faculty of Arts at Monash Uni, as Professor of Sociology from September.
Mixed emosh: the collaborations & friendships I’ve made in 3.5 years in Edu have been rewarding and transformative.
But, I am *really* excited to return 'home' to School of Social Sciences.

Qualified Hope: Young People’s Education and Employment Pathways in Times of Disruption - Journal of Applied Youth Studies The pandemic and its aftermath have prompted an extended public and academic conversation about young people, with concerns about the increasing uncertainty of youth employment and education trajector...

📢 New open-access article from Catherine Waite Ben Lyall & me in Journal of Applied Youth Studies...
exploring how young people navigate uncertainty post-COVID, we trace how young people cultivate cautious, situated forms of hope while confronting disrupted futures: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Right back at you. ❤️🙌🏾

Thank you 🙏🏾

I had the extraordinary honour of being a keynote ar ‘Masculinities in Transition’ international conference in Stockholm.
I borrow from Polanyi (!) to think about double movement that pulls young men towards reactionary AND caring masculinities, & suggest the margins can inspire a hopeful imaginary

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