Modern Masculinity Looks Suspiciously Feminine

TL;DR

Modern masculinity's new 'looksmaxxing' wave is paradoxically feminized — focused on appearance and cosmetic enhancement rather than actual competence or toughness.

Key Points

• 1.- The manosphere is described as having three waves: pickup artistry (Neil Strauss, 'The Game'), Red Pill (alphas/betas/soy boys), and now a third wave centered on male intra-sexual competition and looksmaxxing.
• 2.- Clavicular (a looksmaxxing livestreamer) represents this third wave — focused purely on appearance via cosmetic surgery and aesthetics, not women's approval or becoming a 'hard man' in any functional sense.
• 3.- Each manosphere wave used different media: PUA used books/seminars, Red Pill used podcasts/YouTube, and this new wave is a live-streaming phenomenon where parasocial attachment replaces ideological messaging.
• 4.- Clavicular's political ambiguity — endorsing Gavin Newsom over JD Vance purely on looks — was seen as a genius branding move to distinguish himself from the Red Pill community.