On Jordan Castro’s 'Muscle Man'

The figures are grim but familiar: (straight) men are lonelier, more suicidal, less educated, less sexually active. They gravitate toward conspiracy rabbit holes and the hollow self-optimization regimes of the manosphere. In a deeply online “return to tradition,” tradwives post cottagecore selfies and male fitness influencers push “Day in the Life” videos where they never interact with another human person. Everyone warns of a “crisis of masculinity.”