Manosphere Messiahs: how hating women went viral from Kenya to Mexico | BBC World Service Docs

The manosphere has gone global. #BBCEye investigates. BBC Eye goes inside the global manosphere, meeting the influencers cashing in and their devoted followers — exploring the booming industry where social media algorithms are fuelling a growing gender divide. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Investigative reporter Jacqui Wakefield travels from Kenya to Mexico to meet a new generation of masculinity influencers building massive online audiences, making serious money in the process. Inspired by figures in the West like Andrew Tate, creators like El Temach and Andrew Kibe promote self-improvement, discipline and “male empowerment” to millions of young followers through viral videos, livestreams, merchandise and sold-out live events. But critics say the movement is fuelling misogyny and hostility towards women. Jacqui meets devoted fans who say the manosphere changed their lives, and the women paying the price offline. 00:00 “We don’t need your permission to be men” 01:22 Rise of the global manosphere 02:16 Clubbing in Kenya with Andrew Kibe  08:41 El Temach brings “war mode” to Las Vegas 11:38 “**** the BBC”  13:00 Backlash against feminism 14:30 “He copied Andrew Tate” 17:43 The money behind the machine 20:53 Julián’s journey into the manosphere 25:44 “Women are for night-time only” 34:57 Ryan, heartbreak and the algorithm 39:49 The women paying the price 45:45 Confronting Andrew Kibe 50:58 Trapped in the algorithm  🎥 Watch Manosphere Messiahs in SPANISH: https://youtu.be/dTcGfXEZpDo In SWAHILI here: https://youtu.be/GS7thSsz9sk And in PORTUGUESE here: https://youtu.be/NHDZb-XriNc 🎞️ Watch more investigative journalism from our award-winning BBC Eye team in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fa8LK1lptsvoA_spfJhzda 📽️ Explore more global disinformation documentaries here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4c5qTk174zyby0sT5NQKc0D 🎧 Listen to The Documentary podcast, Manosphere messiahs: Mexico: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nnly27 and Manosphere messiahs: Kenya: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nnrl0p You may also be interested in these documentaries: https://youtu.be/6AVzvzRmZCg https://youtu.be/yYhwEYnvdIo https://youtu.be/v4WycNKcfyU https://youtu.be/OboT09uRw6M ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #Masculinity #Documentary #Manosphere #GenderEquality #ElTemach #AndrewKibe #AndrewTate #BBCAfricaEye #BBCWorldService