[ . . . ] the manosphere red-piller's resentment [ . . . ] is a sadistic expression of his own gender dysphoria. In this reading, he is an abortive man, a beta trapped in an alpha's body, consumed with the desire to be female and desperately trying to repress it. His desire to increase his manhood is not primary, but a second-tier defense mechanism.

— Females by Andrea Long Chu (Verso Pamphlets) (Page 35)