Yes, a lot of it involves denigrating women and an entitled and very rigid attitude towards the male place in society (alphas etc).

This is incredibly toxic for young men growing up and the women they interact with.

Some of the more prominent proponents are actual pimps (the Tate brothers).

Maybe? "Identity-based activist communities" are incredibly toxic as a rule.

Maybe there's lasting harm from engaging in them early. Or maybe it's better to get exposed to them early in your life, so that you have time to figure out why you don't want anything to do with them.

Either way, it seems pretty clear that preventing children and teens from engaging them is a nonstarter. You can't get anywhere close to consensus on "this is harmful and should be banned" because, guess what, someone's entire identity is going to be built around such communities.

I would say what sets it apart is the undercurrent of anger and grievance combined with the self destructive beliefs that are prevalent in the community. It's men and boys who struggle to find acceptance and belonging, maybe even for reasons that are initially sympathetic. But instead of healthy self-reflection and feedback, they find a distorted understanding of themselves and masculinity that only reinforces their isolation.

"Identity based activist communities" feels like a hilariously ham-fisted attempt to connect together extremely different groups.

Here is the real manosphere no one tells you about https://youtube.com/watch?v=JshlJzZRi64

Louis Theroux did a documentary on it recently if you want to learn more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Theroux:_Inside_the_Mano...

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I'm "Genuinely curious" and I'm "just asking" are so man-o-sphere "coded"