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Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

Behind the Bastards

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The First Warning Signs That Something Was Terribly Wrong

Mark Leppen was born in 1964 to an Algerian father and a Canadian mother. Mark actually changed his name to Mark Leppen out of hatred for his father. As a child Mark was intelligent but withdrawn. The first kind of warning signs that the incel movement was coming actually started in Canada. It's been weird to watch this happen.

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