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I wonder if you watched Adolescence on Netflix? I found it disturbing very moving and emotional. It is also TV at its best. (no spoilers) It opened my eyes a little to a whole world that I might have heard about in passing and showed up its link to the whole toxic world of social media (he says writing on social media :-)) What is illuminating is seeing how people comment on the program and I was surprised to find Gareth Southgate ex England Football manager commenting. Most of the comments I have read and I concede that this might just be my selective reading - has been women which is quiet right - but where are the male voices other than those toxic one's in Manosphere chat rooms? I tend to agree with Southgate about the use of mobile phones but also men need to start to sort themselves out - to begin to challenge the toxic representations - but also to be able to start seriously questioning "what dose it mean to be a man" Reported from the Gardian 22nd March 2025 “The...