"Mogging" explained (opens in new tab)

Mogging’s origins are in the manosphere , where it began as a verb derived from the acronym “Amog” \(alpha male of the group \)\. In misogynistic forums in the 2010s, to “mog” came to mean to outdo someone in terms of sexual desirability \. Mogging has been adopted by “looksmaxxing” influencers such as Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular, who encourage men to try to alter their looks – sometimes in extreme ways – to increase their “sexual market value”\. Such an influencer might talk of...