Beginning Of Toxic Manosphere Traced Back To ‘Johnny Bravo’

MANY psychologists, sociologists and teachers having been warning for some time about the damaging effects of the ‘Manosphere’, an umbrella term given to anti-feminist blogs, websites and channels on social media platforms which can spread virulently misogynistic messaging.

While Andrew Tate and his acolytes get much of the praise/blame for their insidious agenda to lead young impressible men towards toxic masculinity, one figure gets off scot free.

“That Elvis-quipped prick was the start of it all,” confirmed one Saturday morning cartoon watcher in the late 90s and early 00s, Liam Rafferty.

Rafferty explains that with a lack of positive role models in his life, he unwittingly turned to Cartoon Network and one Johnny Bravo.

“You know the shades, the ‘Whoa Mama!’ catchphrase, I thought he was fun and cool but little did I know it was planting this nefarious seed, something that took years to weed out of me,” offered Rafferty, who says Bravo, rejected by woman despite being a ‘nice guy’ was the first mainstream proto-incel figure.

“Parents left their children in front of the TV thinking they’d be safe but what waited for them was a supercharged beginners guide to misogyny,” explains academic Joanne Moriarty.

“Bravo was a luckless loser rejected at every turn by women due to his overbearing sleaze ball persona, rather than functioning as a cautionary tale he became an aspirational role model,” adds Moriarty, who noted Bravo’s obsession with his looks and the need to maintain a muscular form.

It is many experts contention that given the time at which Johnny Bravo first appeared onscreen and comparing the time scale to today’s most noted and notorious Manosphere figures, the conclusion couldn’t be clearer.

“These guys today are mostly in their 30s, they would have been the prime age for absorbing the messaging from Johnny Bravo as they sat there eating their Rice Crispies on the couch and taking it as a roadmap to the being a complete cunt, and they’re passing it on to the next generation,” shared esteemed professor Lorraine Carmichael.

“Sure the internet has a lot to answer for, but it would never have happened without Bravo”.

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