Manosphere Messiahs: How Masculinity Influencers Went Global - BBC World Service Documentaries

The manosphere has gone global. #BBCEye investigates.

BBC Eye goes inside the global manosphere, meeting the influencers cashing in and their devoted followers — exploring the booming industry where social media algorithms are fuelling a growing gender divide.

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Investigative reporter Jacqui Wakefield travels from Kenya to Mexico to meet a new generation of masculinity influencers building massive online audiences, making serious money in the process.

Inspired by figures in the West like Andrew Tate, creators like El Temach and Andrew Kibe promote self-improvement, discipline and “male empowerment” to millions of young followers through viral videos, livestreams, merchandise and sold-out live events.

But critics say the movement is fuelling misogyny and hostility towards women. Jacqui meets devoted fans who say the manosphere changed their lives, and the women paying the price offline.

00:00 “We don’t need your permission to be men”
01:22 Rise of the global manosphere
02:16 Clubbing in Kenya with Andrew Kibe 
08:41 El Temach brings “war mode” to Las Vegas
11:38 “**** the BBC” 
13:00 Backlash against feminism
14:30 “He copied Andrew Tate”
17:43 The money behind the machine
20:53 Julián’s journey into the manosphere
25:44 “Women are for night-time only”
34:57 Ryan, heartbreak and the algorithm
39:49 The women paying the price
45:45 Confronting Andrew Kibe
50:58 Trapped in the algorithm 

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