Does the 'manosphere' smell like sasquatch?

“Men in Crisis” seems to be an early contender for the zeitgeist of 2026, or at least a cool name for an indie band. But in all seriousness, something weird and worrying is afoot. Graduation rates, employment, and dating are down, loneliness is up, and stability and security seem to many like relics of the past.

This cocktail of confusion has found fertile ground in the “manosphere,” a digital den of arrested development where the disillusioned, uninformed, and unjustifiably cocksure have eagerly planted their flag. Mark Twain could have been describing the manosphere’s chest-thumping ethos when he quipped, “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, then success is sure.”