{"id":897775,"date":"2026-04-08T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/men-can-get-out-of-the-manosphere-heres-what-former-incels-say-about-why-they-left\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:16:34","slug":"men-can-get-out-of-the-manosphere-heres-what-former-incels-say-about-why-they-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/men-can-get-out-of-the-manosphere-heres-what-former-incels-say-about-why-they-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Men can get out of the manosphere. Here\u2019s what former incels say about why they\u00a0left"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAs Louis Theroux\u2019s new documentary opens public discourse about the \u201cmanosphere\u201d, a new study asked the question: how do men escape it?\t\t<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.crikey.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-10.18.15-AM-copy.png?quality=70&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Harrison Sullivan (HS Tikky Tokky) and Louis Theroux in a still taken from the documentary Inside the Manosphere (Image: Netflix\/PA)\" decoding=\"async\"  ><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHarrison Sullivan (HS Tikky Tokky) and Louis Theroux in a still taken from the documentary Inside the Manosphere (Image: Netflix\/PA)\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<p>Louis Theroux\u2019s recent documentary<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/louis-therouxs-inside-the-manosphere-exposes-the-business-model-of-misogyny-277509\">Inside the Manosphere<\/a><\/em>, alongside Netflix\u2019s 2025 hit drama<em> Adolescence<\/em>, has driven a spike in public discussion about the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/from-violence-to-sexism-the-manosphere-is-doing-real-world-harm-262205\">manosphere<\/a>\u201d. The term refers to a loose ecosystem of anti-feminist online communities and influencers that promote male dominance and hostility toward women.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the public conversation about the manosphere focuses on how boys and young men fall into these spaces.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aic.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-03\/ti727_disengagement_from_online_misogynistic_incel_communities.pdf\">A new study<\/a>\u00a0by the Australian Institute of Criminology asks a different question: how do some men manage to leave?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-real-world-dangers\">Real-world dangers<\/h2>\n<p>Concern about this online culture has grown in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Joshua Thorburn<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2026\/03\/19\/manosphere-louis-theroux-documentary-incels\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Louis Theroux\u2019s new documentary opens public discourse about the \u201cmanosphere\u201d, a new study asked the question: how do men escape it? Harrison Sullivan (HS Tikky Tokky) and Louis Theroux in a still taken from the documentary Inside the Manosphere (Image: Netflix\/PA) Louis Theroux\u2019s recent documentary\u00a0Inside the Manosphere , alongside Netflix\u2019s 2025 hit drama Adolescence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":897776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,132223],"tags":[5521,132222],"class_list":{"0":"post-897775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-heres","8":"category-manosphere","9":"tag-heres","10":"tag-manosphere"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}