This reporter spent a year dating rabid anti-feminists — here’s what she found

The term "Manosphere" is used to describe a variety of anti-feminist movements and ideologies, which range from PUAs (pickup artists) to MGTOWs (Men Going Their Own Way) to incels (involuntary celibates).

There is plenty of infighting within the Manosphere; PUAs (many of whom consider the controversial Andrew Tate their role model) and MGTOWs have considerable animosity for one another. And incels are so dark that they are controversial even within the Manosphere. But one thing many PUAs, MGTOWs and incels have in common is an intense devotion to President Donald Trump.

Researching an article for Cosmopolitan, New York City-based journalist Vera Papisova spent a year dating men who are active in the Manosphere. And she discussed her findings in an interview with CNN.

READ MORE: 'What is she taking about?' Ex-RNC chair rips press sec’s defense of Trump’s 'incoherent capitulation'

The 34-year-old Papisova told CNN's Donie O'Sullivan, "They are the most insecure men I have ever sat down with. It was really difficult to have some of these dates because they were so insecure, because they don't really know who they are — and they don't know how to figure that out."

According to Papisova, the men she dated lived in a Manosphere bubble.

Papisova told O'Sullivan, "They did not listen to anything else…. They're only listening to independent media, and they're only listening to men talking to men."

O'Sullivan didn't get into the ideological differences within the Manosphere but noted the presence of "macho podcasters and influencers." And the Tate-obsessed men Papisova described appeared to be more of a PUA mindset.

READ MORE: 'Death Master File': How DOGE won 'a momentous internal battle' over an illegal 'novel strategy'

While MGTOWs and incels avoid women, PUAs advocate dominating women.

Papisova recalled, "One of these guys brought me to a political meeting…. It was a bunch of men complaining about girlfriends and wives, regurgitating Andrew Tate type of advice about how to train your girlfriend—how to train your wife to be submissive."

READ MORE: A $421 million verdict against Blue Cross exposes how insurers try to control doctors

Watch the full CNN video below or at this link.