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Guiding boys away from the manosphere’s dark edges 

The diverse male online community – in the news for its part in Trump’s triumph – comes with a sinister misogynist fringe that attracts young men, including in Singapore.

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(From left) Mr Daniel Cormier,  Mr Joe Rogan and President-elect Donald Trump talk during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on Nov 16.

(From left) Mr Daniel Cormier, Mr Joe Rogan and President-elect Donald Trump talk during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on Nov 16.

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First, let’s get the caveats out of the way.

The American “manosphere” – that nebulous world of terminally online, mostly young, male influencers, YouTubers, pranksters and UFC fighters, now making headlines for its role in

Donald Trump’s US presidential election win

– isn’t some inherently dangerous force.

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