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Do you have a teenage, or soon-to-be-teenage son at home?
If you do, then you may be aware.
That you’re competing with a space just a couple of clicks away on their phone.
The space has a name:
The Manosphere.
It is the subject of a new Netflix documentary by the British journalist Louis Theroux.
It’s a noisy space. One where extreme views are rewarded with attention.
In a complicated world with shifting expectations, the manosphere sells clarity:
Simple rules, simple answers.
But those answers flatten everything into extremes:
Shaping not just how success is viewed,
but how relationships are understood.
Often reducing them to questions of power, status, and control.
Behind much of it sits a business model of coaching, courses and monetised advice.
Because many in that space are ultimately trying to do one thing:
Line their own pockets.
To make money.
And so the loudest voices your sons may be exposed to
are not necessarily the most thoughtful.
But perhaps the more extreme.
Who do children see as role models nowadays?
This week’s three tips:
SOMETHING TO AVOID 🫣
🤦🏻♀️ “He is sensible to criticism”
In English, “sensible” ≠ “sensible” (Spanish)
Sensible = reasonable, practical (Sensato in Spanish)
You’re actually saying something confusing, almost like:
“He reacts logically to criticism” (which is not what you mean)
He is very sensible when he drives
✅ “He is sensitive to criticism”
Sensible (ES) = sensitive
He’s sensitive when people question his decisions
SOMETHING TO SOUND CONFIDENT 🧐
👔 Business expressions
“Power play”
A strategic move to gain control, advantage, or authority. Often political, subtle, or slightly aggressive.
He made a power play to take control of the project
SOMETHING TO WATCH 👀
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