Toxic masculinity and its incarnation on digital spaces, the so-called manosphere, seeks to normalise and legitimise hatred of women, and more and more young men are subscribing to these ideas. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Mariel Barnes, Assistant Professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, about the impact they are having on politics worldwide.

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