What are the different manosphere eras?
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 5:15 pm
I think of the eras as:
Manosphere 1.0: The PUA era (2005-2011) -- "Just follow this formula and you can bang pretty girls no matter what you look like or how little money you make." It seems to be assumed that if you can bang a girl, you can also have a successful relationship with her, because she'll want to hang onto you once you've attracted her, built comfort, and seduced her.
Manosphere 2.0: The red pill era (2012-2014) -- Lots of talk about AWALT, alphas and betas, etc. Men begin talking about the dark side of female nature and how feminism has unleashed women to become hypergamous sluts, bitter and nasty spinsters, etc. The prevalance of false rape allegations and such hit the radar screen. MGTOWs, men who refuse to settle down with a chick for a committed relationship, become a thing.
Manosphere 3.0: The political era (2015-2018) -- Men begin looking for political solutions, and talking about reinstituting patriarchy. Roosh launches neomasculinity, a fusion of antifeminist and antisocialist ideas, which fails to gain any traction. Race is a divisive issue in his multiracial, multicultural online community, with race threads being a common provocation for bans. Roosh becomes nationally famous when his meetups get cancelled.
Manosphere 3.5: The white nationalist era (2017-2018) -- Chateau Heartiste goes racialist, and due to the censorship following the Unite the Right Rally, the Daily Stormer becomes nationally famous as a site for commentary that majors in racialism and minors in patriarchism. Roosh and his forum start addressing racially political issues, such as the migrant invasions, more.
Manosphere 4.0: The black pill era (2018-present) -- The manosphere begins to give up hope that Donald Trump is going to fix everything. Roosh gives up hope that he'll ever be able to find a decent wife. As lookism becomes a bigger deal, more men resign themselves to inceldom. Femceldom and emceldom become things, as it becomes evident a lot of women have slipped through the cracks without fatherly authority guiding them into marriage at a young age.
Manosphere 4.5: The clown world era (2019-present) -- "Clown world" becomes a common meme, as those who are beyond political anger now just watch the situation spiral further into absurdity. By this point, censorship has taken a heavy toll on manosphere figures like Roosh and Heartiste, who are throwing in the towel. Most of the incelosphere also succumbs to censorship, dropping its pro-rape and "go ER" rhetoric to avoid getting completely deplatformed.
Manosphere 1.0: The PUA era (2005-2011) -- "Just follow this formula and you can bang pretty girls no matter what you look like or how little money you make." It seems to be assumed that if you can bang a girl, you can also have a successful relationship with her, because she'll want to hang onto you once you've attracted her, built comfort, and seduced her.
Manosphere 2.0: The red pill era (2012-2014) -- Lots of talk about AWALT, alphas and betas, etc. Men begin talking about the dark side of female nature and how feminism has unleashed women to become hypergamous sluts, bitter and nasty spinsters, etc. The prevalance of false rape allegations and such hit the radar screen. MGTOWs, men who refuse to settle down with a chick for a committed relationship, become a thing.
Manosphere 3.0: The political era (2015-2018) -- Men begin looking for political solutions, and talking about reinstituting patriarchy. Roosh launches neomasculinity, a fusion of antifeminist and antisocialist ideas, which fails to gain any traction. Race is a divisive issue in his multiracial, multicultural online community, with race threads being a common provocation for bans. Roosh becomes nationally famous when his meetups get cancelled.
Manosphere 3.5: The white nationalist era (2017-2018) -- Chateau Heartiste goes racialist, and due to the censorship following the Unite the Right Rally, the Daily Stormer becomes nationally famous as a site for commentary that majors in racialism and minors in patriarchism. Roosh and his forum start addressing racially political issues, such as the migrant invasions, more.
Manosphere 4.0: The black pill era (2018-present) -- The manosphere begins to give up hope that Donald Trump is going to fix everything. Roosh gives up hope that he'll ever be able to find a decent wife. As lookism becomes a bigger deal, more men resign themselves to inceldom. Femceldom and emceldom become things, as it becomes evident a lot of women have slipped through the cracks without fatherly authority guiding them into marriage at a young age.
Manosphere 4.5: The clown world era (2019-present) -- "Clown world" becomes a common meme, as those who are beyond political anger now just watch the situation spiral further into absurdity. By this point, censorship has taken a heavy toll on manosphere figures like Roosh and Heartiste, who are throwing in the towel. Most of the incelosphere also succumbs to censorship, dropping its pro-rape and "go ER" rhetoric to avoid getting completely deplatformed.