The War on Single Moms | Who is Hannah Pearl Davis' and What is "Manopshere" Subculture?

In this episode Margo and Tashira discuss "The Manosphere." From the Institute for Strategic Dialogue: The "manosphere" is an umbrella term that refers to a number of interconnected misogynistic communities. It encompasses multiple types and severities of misogyny - from broader male supremacist discourse to men’s rights activism (MRA) and “involuntary celibates” (incels). Simply put, the manosphere encompasses a range of misogynistic communities that vary from anti-feminism to more explicit, violent rhetoric towards women. This ISD Explainer explores the more extreme and divisive proponents of these online communities.
In this episode Margo & Tashira, chat with Producer Roger about one manosphere influencer in particular, Hannah Pearl Davis, and specifically to remarks she made on her show about how misguided it is to celebrate single moms on Mother's Day...
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[@ellerichseven]

Pearl is a grifter who's performing for the coin. Nothing to see here🤷🏾‍♀️

[@spiritofalaska]

Found me a single mom😅

[@iamjholloway]

Anything and Everyone from the manosphere is unhinged, unwell and uninformed. Good conversation! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@margolindauer]

Thank you for watching!

[@candlesandcarnage]

Pearl is a pick me who never got picked and a grifter.

[@justUSpod]

Definitely seems to be something along those lines!

[@KissNDiggz]

😂😂😂 never got picked! That’s what i heard bout her too … smh

[@MichelleBrooksonamission]

Hannah Pearl Davis is a water down Candace Owens. Someone needs to check her craziness

[@ihave2ques902]

I would love more content like this! As uncomfortable and jarring as they can be, it’s important to have these types of discussions!

[@dawncoe1293]

I am all for hearing different views, but I can’t listen to folk who deny my humanity or don’t seem aware/intelligent enough to understand that opinion isn’t fact. There’s so much opinion and not enough fact.

[@lq7729]

There's so much to say here - while I don't want to give energy to such foolishness in the manosphere, one can't ignore it or underestimate its negative impact on us all. I love how you three broke down the false "we're just being traditional" illusions of these platforms. Folks have forgotten how to vet influencers, challenge what is being said, and the motives behind the messaging. These conversations are often uncomfortable but also exercises in using your brain and critical thinking skills. Please have more of these types of videos.

[@jaredpatrickwalters7853]

I love this conversation, Tashira. You're right that we often avoid these uncomfortable discussions, which is why we were surprised. I also believe that most people in this country lack a comprehensive understanding of political and social ideologies.

[@justUSpod]

Thanks for watching!

[@kymmieg6110]

I never heard of this lady but she isn’t the first one, which you all stated in the video, who singled out single parents. I noticed it during the Kevin Samuels era and when there were a lot of Black Women tapping into their femininity. We( yes I am a single parent) are labeled Damage Goods. We are disgusting and lower than low. It’s definitely stereotypes that come along with this along with everyone thinking that every single parent has the same situation. I remember reading a post as well as a tweet from women speaking on how much they HATE single parents and culture. I have seen people speak on Rihanna as well saying she is teaching single parenting like it’s a course. They are also harassing a KZbinr named Arnell who was in a long-term relationship and ended up becoming a single parent. It’s funny to me because I know married women who are single parents in their own marriages. It can happen to anybody. Give people respect and grace. People forget life is a journey. Nobody wants to raise a kid by themselves but parents (no matter the sex)who are single are going to make do with what we have.

[@justUSpod]

"I know married women who are single parents with in their own marriage" Girl, Say it louder!

[@bringjoy3490]

I am so tired of ignorant people having the biggest platform. Well she better pray she doesn’t become a single mother. It annoys me when people determine if somebody is a good person based on their occupation. Also, there’s a lot of married women who are basically single mothers because their husband doesn’t contribute in any type of way to the household be it financially, emotionally, or help raising the kids.

[@regisnyder]

@@bringjoy3490 This is not an attack against your comment but rather the assumption we have when people like her say such vile things. You said “she better pray she doesn’t become a single mother”; who’s to say she isn’t or wasn’t at some point in her life? I don’t know her and wouldn’t watch her BS content but I find those in the limelight spewing derogatory content (i.e. many rappers) don’t live the life they are promoting (or didn’t lived growing up like so many rappers try to portray). She might be a product of a single parent’s upbringing! 😆

[@bringjoy3490]

@@regisnyder no problem. I seen and heard about her, she’s 27 and her parents are still together. My whole thing is she’s has a lot of life to live and you’ll never know how things will turn out😃. She reminds me of a friend I had that was very judgmental about single parents (she grew up in a 2 parent home); today she’s a single mother of 3 never been married.

[@divinefavor555]

I've attempted to write an insightful comment several times and I'm at a loss. She Is The Epitome Of Ignorance...that's all I have. She wasn't connected to what she was saying, just rambling must be "shock value" no one can be this disconnected.

[@csmtcqueen]

Can you please do a video on Project 2025? Lots of women will be losing their freedoms in a new administration if/when it is implemented next year.

[@justUSpod]

Thank you we will consider that!

[@margolindauer]

It is on our list! Stay tuned.

[@csmtcqueen]

@@margolindauer Thank you

[@KissNDiggz]

Thanks for this and the explanation of Manopshere! I’ve heard of Pearl before as a Pick Me, but I did not know she was also a R! Blaming “single mothers” who sleep with “drug dealers”, I mean come on it’s ridiculous! Aside from that, I really enjoy the commentary as well as the special guest. You all gave lots of great information, I will be going back to listen again!

[@ashleyturner4483]

Great conversation thanks for having the conversation

[@watts0823]

Pearl is so ridiculous! And she was very popular within the Black Manosphere..in fact Kevin Samuel helped grow her platform. So sad ! BTW...you all had me yelling at my laptop 😂. I would for you all to explore this further...my brother's listen to her!

[@MarcusBarrett-zi8od]

How did Kevin Samuels help grow her platform? Pearl stated she paid for consultations from a few KZbinrs. I call that investing in your business. I do not watch her podcast or agree with most of her rhetoric.

[@TheJayneenE]

Yes, more on this topic please

[@Shay-ShayTV]

This is such an important conversation. I hope the algorithm pushes it to more views.

[@pwill5601]

This convo was amazing and I leave with a charge to actively listen to what we are up against. Thank you.

[@socialitenoel]

I enjoyed the special guest today. Good conversation as usual.

[@Boymom2012]

“Living in our own algorithm” - very well said. It’s why we get so defensive and affected by opposing thoughts. Listen, not to change your opinion, but change your posture. Pay attention to what’s going on around you.

[@justUSpod]

"Listen not to change your opinion, but change your posture." YES!!!

[@delisadawnmariee5189]

Love this, I like Producer Rob's input to the conversations. Now, you guys asked if we have heard of this Jackassess movement. I have, and it's sickening.

[@UKLeonie]

Unfortunately I am very aware of the mansphere, I have an estrangement with 2 brothers due to the toxicity. Women need to be fully aware of the dangers of these people in these circles, I know it's mostly just hot air but light that fuse and it blows fully towards us the victims.

[@justincase9014]

You are great minds. All of you.

[@justUSpod]

Thank you!

[@inquisitor4635]

I tried the single mother relationship thing twice in my lifetime. And I have spoken with many of my male friends about their experiences. I don't recommend it at all.

[@justUSpod]

Thank you for sharing!

[@gloriasmith5836]

Love this podcast!!! I would love to see a discussion about Project 2025….I would like to know more about this. Have a wonderful day ladies..stay blessed!!

[@justUSpod]

Dropping today! Stay tuned!

[@denisedixon1579]

They are not in my feed like b4 about 5 months ago it was overwhelming. I dislike how they talk about single mothers but its always bw. Sometimes its very depressing to hear all the put downs from your own ppl. It takes 2 to make a child as bw Im over the bs.

[@justUSpod]

We are over it too

[@cruiseny26]

I don’t understand why people have issues with the parent that stayed and are doing the work. It’s not a single mom problem. It’s a deadbeat dad problem. Hold the men that abandoned their children accountable.

[@TGP109]

There's always a certain small % of men and women who are toxic as hell. It does take two to tango, though. Some women get into relationships with total deadbeats and then get pregnant.

[@MarcusBarrett-zi8od]

The court system does hold men accountable what are you rambling about. I guess you must reside outside a western country.

[@cruiseny26]

@@MarcusBarrett-zi8od absolutely not. When is a family court order actually enforced. If the man doesn’t follow through, they don’t do anything about it. You can ask all the single moms raising children on their own and all the children that are abandoned by their fathers. And there’s a lot of them.

[@MarcusBarrett-zi8od]

@@cruiseny26 That’s the mother’s problem…idc. I was a single father and raised my son without complaining.

[@MarcusBarrett-zi8od]

@@cruiseny26 That’s the mother’s problem…idc. I was a single father and raised my son without complaining. When you are the leader of your household. You forfeit the right to complain or say it’s not my fault.

[@regisnyder]

I’ve heard of the manosphere with the Kevin Samuels and Tates of the community. Kevin initially began his social media career by giving style advice to men. I guess along the way he was asked to give self esteem advice and morphed into him bashing all women for not being the type of woman all men want and are attracted to - that being “high quality” men he referred to. He bashed women about their weight & health and finances, but at his untimely death he wasn’t as financially stable as he appeared and he was with a woman who he deemed unfit. I’ve learned that those in the limelight and spew vile and derogatory rhetoric their lives don’t back up what they say or claim to believe. For example: rappers. A lot of rappers have a façade that they come from the hood and lived a violent life when in actuality they attended private performance art schools and lived in quiet cul-de-sacs in subdivisions! This woman could be a byproduct of a single mother and she’s simply taking her pent-up frustration out on all single mothers because hers wasn’t a good parent in her opinion!

[@justUSpod]

Whew, that's a great take on all of this! Thank you!

[@angelgoddess9654]

🔥🔥🔥💎💎💎👏

[@snowbird1381]

Forget patriarchy she can’t hold a single argument. She gets so spacey and starts laughing halfway through. She needs to get better at just talking. She lost me halfway through just cause she wouldn’t get to the point.

[@justUSpod]

Totally

[@heyyourebeautiful3867]

Amazing job as always. Will you be speaking on Project 2025? There's a lot of misinformation going around about it (it's not real, 45 doesn't support it, both sides want to implement it etc.). In general, people are thinking short term benefits (on who to vote for) instead of long term consequences, which can be a separate video topic.

[@justUSpod]

Yes, dropping that episode today! Please stay tuned!

[@justUSpod]

Have you experienced any of the big names from the manosphere in your feed? No anyone who is being influenced by them? Sound off!

[@ryanbailey8588]

11:11 Flawed logic. Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it should be celebrated. Prison is hard, should going there be celebrated? Pearl is right. Women seem not to consider the things most vital to choosing a parent for their child. They choose things that don’t matter at all regarding parental quality and spousal quality, and then want sympathy later when their lives are hard. They pick the guy tall, covered in tats, with an attitude problem, muscles, and good sex, and then wonder why none of that translates to a caring, consistent, hardworking father and husband. Not saying that EXCLUDES that person from being those things, but it does entail that those things are necessarily there. And those women know this…they’re not choosing the bad guys because they thought they were good…no…there’s tons of good guys around them who they know would make great partners and parents but they’re boring to them…they choose the bad guy BECAUSE he is bad. That is extremely selfish and petulant and shouldn’t be celebrated.

[@justUSpod]

We will have to disagree with you on that, but thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.