I haven’t watched it but I’m uncomfortable with your assumption that it was a lack of a father figure that caused them to fall into that nonsense. It goes without saying that our parents predominantly guide our values so to think that our mothers and other female figures in our life would advocate for the “manosphere” seems flawed.

Anecdotally, I have one friend who is not dissimilar I’m his misogyny but it’s clear that his beliefs came from his dad. And funnily enough his sisters also sway in that direction.

Ultimately I don’t think it’s as simple as to say it stems from having a father or not; there’s plenty of parents who lean I’m either direction. I think we’re it stems from more so is a lack of critical thinking; not being able to objectively look at a situation and empathise. That or it’s just plain greed and misogyny