Abstract In recent years, the spread of online content in the form of forums, YouTube videos, podcasts, and TikTok videos has made it easier than ever for learners to access English language content to supplement their classroom learning. A disturbing part of this new online landscape is a collection of disparate communities known collectively as the manosphere. Deeply misogynist in nature, these communities view feminism as responsible for the decline of society. This manifests as a constant stream of hate-filled rhetoric against women, and the promotion of toxic masculinity. In this Comment piece, I issue a warning to language teachers of the danger that pernicious manosphere content as a site of language learning poses to language learners around the world. I also offer practical suggestions as to how teachers can use critical language pedagogy to evaluate this content in a nuanced and responsible way and help their students to construct counternarratives.
Luke Lawrence (Tue,) studied this question.