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The latest report published in The Lancet calls for a coordinated government response to the online "manosphere" as a public health issue, urging better access to mental health services, skills and jobs. Co‑author Sarah Hawkes said treating the phenomenon like tobacco‑related harms would open new policy levers.
The paper defines the manosphere as a diffuse commercial ecosystem of communities united by beliefs about masculinity, misogyny and male victimisation, and links it to violence against women, mental‑health problems and the delegitimisation of help‑seeking by boys and men. Co‑author Kent Buse and policy analyst Mark Brooks argue that the business model exploits isolated young men, and UK minister Jake Richards says action is needed now to address the broader social and economic conditions that sustain the harm.
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