First, because a man with a podcast is a major ick in and of itself. Secondly, a majority of the time, what’s coming out of their mouths is gross, misogynistic, factually incorrect—or all three. And if it’s not what’s coming out of their mouths on the mic, it’s what they’re doing when they’re not “on air.” The latest news cycle only confirms this.
Now, I am proud to say that before this week, I knew virtually nothing about Ethan Klein aside from the fact that he was sort of a public figure and I didn’t like him. From the very few clips of the Frenemies podcast I saw (and very quickly scrolled away from) with Klein and Trisha Paytas, all I gathered was that Klein is sort of a dick. Now that I know he’s allegedly been cheating on his wife for 6 months...I know that my initial assessment was too tame.
Klein is one of many male podcasters who are quite simply put: bad dudes. Aside from some of the obvious offenders like Andrew Tate, Myron Gaines, and Joe Rogan—who all spew toxic, brainless misogynistic trash on their podcasts—even the “positive” faces of male podcasting (Jay Shetty and Andrew Huberman) have faced revelations that complicate their squeaky-clean personas. I think we need to stop treating the male podcaster archetype as inherently harmless—or, worse, as evidence that a man is particularly emotionally intelligent.
With very few exceptions, these men suck—and it’s time to stop dating them. Obviously, there are plenty of perfectly normal men who happen to record themselves talking for a living. Well, I haven’t seen them, but I’m sure they’re out there.
Because what does it actually mean when a man decides he needs an audience for his opinions? But, she explains that healthy romantic relationships require the exact opposite skill set. A healthy relationship consists of active listening, emotional humility, and sitting comfortably in silence.
When these men step away from the studio and into their private relationships, they often don't know how to relate to a partner without trying to win the conversation or lecture them. When a man becomes a podcaster, it’s typically because he has discovered that there is an enormous market for men telling other men how to live—and that market is not exactly known for producing well-adjusted feminists. Research into the manosphere has found that podcasts can serve as a particularly effective vehicle for spreading misogynistic ideas because they package them inside more palatable formats like self-improvement, financial advice, mental-health discussions and conversations about masculinity.
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