Word of Mouth
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- Episode
- The Language of the Manosphere
- Broadcast Info
- 2025 (27 mins)
- Description
- The ‘Manosphere’ is a group of loosely affiliated mainly young males who have developed a specialised vocabulary to discuss women online in a negative and hostile way. Some of the vocabulary is a response to feminism which some men claim is diminishing their role in society. For other men a failure to attract women has given rise to phrases such as Chad and Stacey and a belief in the 80/20 theory - that 80% of women are attracted to just 20% of men who are Alpha males or Chads. Acronyms such as AWALT (All women are like that) and MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) are also used for the purpose of internet dialogue. Dr Jessica Aiston of Queen Mary University in London is one of several linguistic researchers who submitted evidence to the UK Parliament call for research into online misogyny. She tells Michael Rosen what that research has shown her and explains some of the terms used.
- Genre
- Literature; Language
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The Open University, "Word of Mouth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/254398 (Accessed 06 Dec 2025)