The ‘manosphere’ has already infiltrated the workplace. We’re only just noticing

I never thought I’d see discussions of looksmaxxing on LinkedIn of all places. But nowadays, I increasingly am. For the uninitiated, “looksmaxxing” is an internet term that originated on incel message boards in the 2010s. It’s a practice that encapsulates various extreme methods, such as jaw surgery, that some men go through to improve their looks. (Or, in the language of masculinity-coded productivity culture: to achieve peak optimization.) “Looksmaxxing” entered the zeitgeist in earnest aft...