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@Positivteacha
May 7 • 11 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
🧵 'LOOKSMAXXING': A guide for teachers and parents. 🧵

Warning: a bit gory

Let me tell you about Looksmaxxing: the toxic trend telling lads that in order to look good, they need to smash the bones in their face. Yep. Smash the bones in their face. Image
The term LooksMaxxing, refers to the process of maximising one’s physical attractiveness in order to be more sexually appealing to women. The phrase has direct links to incel culture and the manosphere and is a popular TikTok trend among teenagers.
Most teenage boys I speak to are aware of Looksmaxxing and the various techniques that can be employed to improve their 'SMV' - Sexual Market Value
Forums on the manosphere encourage boys and men to upload pictures of themselves for others to evaluate. These evaluations are brutal in their directness and criticism, but are often accompanied with various suggestions as to the methods uploaders can use to improve their looks.
Softmaxxing refers to techniques that are generally non-invasive. Softmaxxing techniques include things like hair styling, skincare routines, working out and diet adjustments.

Hardmaxxing is another level...
Hardmaxxing techniques include things like mewing 👇 and a whole host of other frightening things. Things like...
...facial implants, limb-lengthening surgeries, penis pumping, skin whitening treatments, and even bone-smashing - the process of hitting parts of the face against hard objects (such as walls or tables) in an effort to achieve a more chiseled look.
Whilst there’s little evidence of anybody actually engaging in this practise, it is something talked about on manosphere forums and is something we should be aware of.
The language of looksmaxxing is startling in its forensic examination of the male aesthetic. Looksmaxxers talk about IPDs - Inter-pupillary distance - to refer to the space between the eyes. ‘Canthal tilt’ refers to the direction the eyes are tilted...
Lookmaxxers value a positive canthal tilt - in which the eyes are pointed downwards. These eyes are often referred to as ‘hunter eyes’ because of the way they reflect eyes of animal predators. The links to misogyny are obvious, here.
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May 5
🧵 SUPERHERO MOVIES AND MASCULINITY 🧵

This morning I came across as fun study from 2022 that looked at presentations of masculinity in superhero movies.

Given the genre's hulk-like grip on popular culture, I thought I'd share some highlights... Image
So, the study got a LOAD of Superhero movies and counted 'Total Instances of Masculinity Themes' in each.

So we now know that the manliest superhero movie out there is 'Avengers: Age of Ultron (304 incidences)'.

The least masculine? Dr Strange and Guardians Galaxy vol.2 (75)
The full list can be seen here 👇 Image
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May 4
🧵 BOYS AND TEACHER HUMOUR 🧵

Boys have a complex relationship with humour, what with banter etc, but I'm going to try and keep this thread short and focused on teacher use of humour to build relationships. Ready? Image
Firstly, know that humour works with boys. Studies show that the use of humour is important for boys in forging relationships.

Also, a study from Japan showed that specific types of teacher humour is really good for student mental health AND teacher-pupil relationships.
And we want positive relationships with our male students right? So, at the risk of sounding a bit Brenty, allow me to tell you how to be funny.

After all, Who needs 'Effective Marking Strategies CPD' when you can have 'Effective Groucho Marxing Strategies CPD'?
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May 2
🧵 MEWING: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS 🧵

Mewing is another trend that can be added to the growing list of crazes gripping the imagination of boys up and down the country. Read on to find out what it is and why we need to be concerned about it... Image
A huge trend on TikTok, Mewing is the act of flattening the tongue against the upper palate of the mouth in order to ‘improve’ bone structure and give young boys the square, hatchet jawline that they’ve been made to believe is essential to appearing attractive to others.
As someone who resembles a beach ball with thumbs, mewing sounds appealing. After all, it’s a non-surgical, non-invasive technique that will make me more attractive to others. Why would I not want that? 

Well, firstly, it doesn’t actually work: 

medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mewin…
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May 1
🧵 SIGMA MALES: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS 🧵

Lots of people have got in touch to tell me they’d like to know a little more about Sigma males because the term ‘Sigma’ is something lots of teenage boys are mentioning in schools.

So here we go... 👇 Image
In order to understand what a Sigma Male is, it’s important that we remind ourselves of what an Alpha Male is.

An Alpha male is a man who holds a position of dominance over less powerful males (beta males).
Alpha males earn their dominant position through:

- Sexual success with women

- Accumulation and displays of material wealth

- Physical dominance through violence or displays of physical power such as working out

- Looking attractive

- Subjugation of others, often women
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Apr 28
🧵 MANOSPHERE & INCELS: A glossary for teachers and parents 🧵 Image
MANOSPHERE (noun)

The name given to websites, blogs and forums ostensibly dedicated to supporting men with relationships, health and fitness, mental health and legal wranglings. Also a place of radicalisation with a dark underbelly.
INCEL (noun)

A portmanteau of 'INvoluntary' and 'CELibate', incels are men who are unable to have sexual or intimate relations with women. In their view, women are shallow, superficial beings who are only interested in what incels are not: handsome, wealthy, powerful men.
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Apr 11
🧵Building a future for Young Men in the Construction Industry: A Thread for Teachers🧵

Content: suicide

You may already be aware that men are three times more likely than women to die by suicide. But... Image
...did you know that men in the Construction industry are ‘at some of the highest risk of suicide in the country, at 3.7 times higher than the national average’.
It's true. Look:

matesinmind.org/news/mental-he…
Astonishingly, this report, found that, in 2019, before the COVID pandemic, 26% of construction workers thought about taking their own lives:
ciob.org/media-centre/n…
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