ABSTRACT

The manosphere is a fragmented group of digital communities promoting misogynist discourses. The main focus of these communities is the construction of man’s identity with reactionary gender traits and roles based on the critique of feminism and its transformative influence on society, and a victimization storytelling. Various ramifications, or subcultures, can be identified within the discursive and ideological foundations that configure these channels of reactionary masculinity, especially new emerging communities labelled Red Pill, incels and PUA, which have gathered scholars’ and media attention. However, this very diversity seems to introduce some confusion, becoming a fuzzy convergence of reactionary and antifeminist statements and attitudes. Thus, this calls for a necessary systematic clarification of the characteristics they feature. With this purpose, this article examines the traits of masculine identities found in the digital manosphere subcultures, classifying them according to the discourses they promote, the philosophy of life they adopt, the organization they have, the performance they exhibit, and the type of violence they perform against women.

摘要

manosphere 是一个分散的数字社区群体，宣扬厌恶女性的言论。这些社区的主要焦点是基于对女权主义及其对社会变革影响的批判以及受害故事的讲述，构建具有反动性别特征和角色的男性身份。在构成这些反动男性气概的话语和意识形态基础中，可以识别出各种分支或亚文化，特别是被称为“红色药丸”、“非自愿独身者”和“PUA”的新兴社区，它们引起了学者和媒体的关注。然而，这种多样性似乎带来了一些混乱，成为反动和反女权主义言论和态度的模糊融合。因此，这就需要对它们的特征进行必要的系统澄清。