Looksmaxxing is the internet’s latest male self-improvement trend — where your jawline is a strategy and your face is a project.

Today, Christiana sits down with Associate Professor of Sociology at Dalhousie University, Dr. Michael Halpin, to explain what looksmaxxing really is, why cosmetic surgeries are on the rise, and how this corner of the Manosphere is reshaping masculinity and the way men see women.

Dr. Michael’s research on looksmaxxing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hn3HDozK8_GMWOVtv3do3joZ4Guyxlpp/view 

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03:35 Defining “looksmaxxing”

09:45 Who is looksmaxxing? 

11:00 Lookism and why boys and men are looksmaxxing 

14:50 How looksmaxxing and its harmful impacts are spreading beyond the manosphere

20:42 The PSL scale 

24:40 How looksmaxxers and incels are subcultures within the manosphere

40:38 What can be done to stop harmful looksmaxxing 

44:00 Looksmaxxing as an emerging health crisis

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