This month, Netflix released a documentary called Inside the Manosphere, which inspired much pearl-clutching from the non-internet-addicted populace. “Good heavens!” they collectively cried. “Such foul language! Such misogyny! And why the anti-semitism?”
But for those of us swimming in the third-world slop fountain of Twitter dot com, Louis Theroux’s carefully curated cast of clowns in the documentary barely raised an eyebrow.
This is because the “outrageous” opinions expressed by the dusty-hued foreigners in the documentary have long since become mainstream in online spaces. Spearheaded by the “Trad Cath” and “Theo Bros” of Twitter, there is an entire conversation about what should be done with women to fix society. Western societies specifically. Despite being framed largely by nominal Christians, the prescriptions bear a striking resemblance to Islam.
Weird.
The prevailing Twitter advice for women is often as follows:
Marry young. As young as possible. On your 18th birthday if you can
Do not go to college
Do not work outside the home
Do not vote
Have babies as soon as possible and as many as possible
Be pleasant, thin, and beautiful. Always
But really, it’s for their own good. If women would only do this, they would be better off. Dare we say… they would be happy. All of them. And society would, at last, be as it should be.
