As social media grows in Kenya, so does the disturbing and toxic ‘manosphere’ | Caroline Kimeu

Boys and young men are increasingly being drawn into online forums that denigrate, objectify and slut-shame' women. How can we effectively address it?

It was not so much a rabbit hole I found myself down, but in a whole warren of sexist content when I began researching a story on Kenya's manosphere" - a loosely connected network of websites and social media platforms that promote misogyny online.

What I saw was disturbing: scores of tweets, posts and video content that denigrated, objectified and slut-shamed" women, or encouraged men to exercise coercive control.