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Like a lot of teens, Ethan seeks guidance in the online manosphere, going down a rabbit hole of misogynistic comments about his stepmother.

Gaines is a popular manosphere personality with a controversial background working in Homeland Security, and his regular content often involves telling men to deprioritize women and telling women to devalue themselves.

The show sparked national debates about the impact of social media and "manosphere" influencers, particularly on boys, and led to a meeting with the prime minister to talk about protecting people online.

He said since the meeting the Women and Equalities Select Committee had started an investigation into the manosphere and a group of Labour MPs are "pushing very hard" for legislative changes to protect people using the internet.

But despite their supposed affinity for hard-right podcasters and their media diet of toxic manosphere figures, men ages 18 to 29—who are overwhelmingly but not exclusively Gen Z—are still the most progressive group of men in any age cohort.