The ugly reality of the modern lads’ holiday: This is the disgusting way my friends treated the women we met in Mallorca, the horrific four-word name they gave to their sick ‘game’ and the incident I had to step in to stop

When 19-year-old Lewis fell from a first-floor window and landed in a bush on a lad’s holiday in Mallorca, his first thought wasn’t ‘I wonder how badly I’m hurt’.

‘Will my travel insurance cover this?’ He didn’t wonder.

His mind was on other matters entirely; of a more unpleasant nature.

His first concern, as he lay in the bushes, was: ‘If I have to go to the hospital, I hope no one will make me a Coke.’

Lewis had lured some women to his room at a Magaluf hotel with the promise of class A drugs. He then spread the cocaine in lines on the mirror.

Perched on the edge of the balcony, he was distracted in a lively conversation with his best friend, Adam. It was overthrown a short time later.

Fortunately, he escaped with a broken arm and a few scratches, but he never saw the drugs or the women again.

Teen vacations are hardly a new phenomenon. The ’18-30s holiday’ boom in the 1990s saw places like Ibiza become the destination of choice for young party people.

But the past few years have seen the activities of ‘young people on tour’ increasingly influenced by the nefarious workings of the ‘Manosphere’: an online community of influencers and ‘activists’ who defend men’s ‘rights’ and espouse appalling, deeply misogynistic views about women.

Notorious social media influencers such as Andrew Tate and Harrison Sullivan, known as ‘HSTikkyTokky’ to his 331,000 Instagram followers, have become ‘role models’ in the field, prompting humiliating copycat behavior in their followers – mostly young, impressionable males.

Indeed, Sullivan was the main subject of Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary ‘Inside the Manosphere’; This documentary condemned the alarmingly ugly treatment of women by young men.

The documentary features notorious party destinations like Marbella and Miami, where Sullivan and his copycat followers roamed in teams, terrorizing other holidaymakers and searching for women to intimidate.

In places like this, the party never stops, clothes are tight, and the ‘rules’ at home no longer apply.

Shockingly, the outrageous antics of ‘lads on tour’ are often geared towards boosting views on their own social media feeds, as if they want to be versions of Tate and HSTikkyTokky.

This is a market that Sullivan himself has shown to be profitable; In Theroux’s documentary, he explains how he promoted OnlyFans users on his channels for his own financial gain, despite condemning their content as ‘disgusting’.

Young people admitted to kissing and harassing girls on holiday without their consent

According to Lewis, the fall from the balcony was one of many mishaps in Magaluf in August last year. But did that stop him and his friends from Chigwell in Essex setting off on another journey ten months later? Not for a moment.

Lewis, whose broken arm was healing quickly after falling on the balcony, was eager to go again. This time their destination was the famous party hub Ayia Napa in Cyprus.

Except for Adam, who swore ‘never again’ after the Magaluf massacre, they were all there and had their accounts.

Adam, the quietest and most thoughtful of the group of six friends and the only one with a meaningfully stable girlfriend, had not chosen this option. This had led to friends calling him various unprintable names and accusations that he was being ‘whipped’ by his girlfriend to stay at home.

But Magaluf was very ‘stressful’ and it wasn’t because of drugs.

The man was disgusted by his friends’ behavior towards the women they encountered. ‘It was a girl’s thing,’ he says, and that affects him. ‘It was after A-Levels and exams and everyone seemed to have lost their minds and done things way beyond the norm.’

One incident was particularly horrific and should have led to prosecution: gang rape.

‘There were so many examples but the worst was the girl at the bar at this kind of club by the pool and she was drunk, just like she was drunk. ‘I was completely blown away,’ Adam recalls.

‘One of the owners of the club made a bet on how many men could fuck her before she woke up and she was streaming it live and people were betting on her Telegram all over the world.’

The police should have been called but they didn’t.

The hedonistic attitudes of holidaymakers in destinations such as Magaluf allow young people to think they can do whatever they want

Adem then explains what happened. ‘These men were all volunteers, including one of our friends,’ he says. This was when he intervened on behalf of his friend, despite not trying to stop the criminal activities of others.

‘I told him not to be stupid and stopped him. But there were people cheering and to me that’s not fun at all.’

Although this is clearly too late, he adds: ‘I actually tried to find out [the girl’s] friends but I have absolutely no idea who the girl is or what happened to her.’

But Adam is a different type from the young men drawn to the poisonous Manosphere.

Relegated to the balcony, Lewis has a less charitable view of women at the party venues where groups of men flock each year for sun, sand and sex. Shamefully, this includes sex without consent.

Adopting the sick, twisted logic typical of many Manosphere phenomena, he says: ‘Let’s face it, the birds that go on these holidays are there for the same reason, right? Many girls I know go harder than the guys and love all the banter, including the making out and the games that go with it.

His justification, referring to the gang rape of the woman in the pool, does not stand up to scrutiny.

Young people’s behavior is often fueled by cocaine and other class A drugs

“That girl probably loved it and thought it was funny,” he says nonchalantly.

Lewis then adds that the Manosphere ‘logic’ really comes into play: ‘Don’t like it? ‘Go on holiday to Italy and look at some churches with your mum and dad or something.’

I spoke to Christian, a 22-year-old who lives for his annual men’s holiday; This year it will be the Greek holiday of Zante. He tells me about the shameless and disgusting ‘running game’ he has been playing with his friends since his Benidorm debut at the age of 16.

His friends call this game: ‘Consent is Bent’, a phrase that comes from a much-derided speech they gave at school called ‘Consent is Meaningful’.

The basic rules of the manosphere-influenced ‘game’ are that they must try to approach as many young women as possible without getting ‘kissed’, groped and often slapped.

Players lose ‘points’ for being slapped, and gain ‘points’ if an enthusiastic response is received – especially if a woman is ‘eligible’. Kids always film this play to watch later ‘for context’.

According to Christian, the players’ sickening belief is that the women they approach are too ‘shallow’ and only object if the child looks ‘ugly’ or ‘poor’.

Christian says this ‘theory’ is supported by the fact that his friend Guy is the defending champion. Guy, 20, is a fitness influencer, model and apparently a big hit with the ladies in their hometown of Cardiff, where he’s ‘making fun of the rest of the group’.

The word ‘Mogs’ is believed to derive from the phrase ‘Alpha Male of the Group’.

Mediterranean resorts always attract groups of young men and women seeking pleasure

Interestingly, Christian, Guy and their friends don’t play games at home in case some of their girlfriends or mothers find out. They are too cowardly to be caught exhibiting such shameful behavior in their ‘normal’ lives.

Tragically, millions of young men follow these Manosphere influencers and envy their frat boy lifestyles and luxury villas used as party venues.

Even if a villa is financially out of reach, the spirit of the Manosphere fuels many lads’ holidays and ‘attracting’ as many attractive young women as possible is an absolute priority. Immoral, often borderline criminal tactics shared by many influencers are regularly copied.

Christian offers more insight into this toxic, misogynistic world.

He says: ‘Girls are usually quite stupid and greedy, especially the good-looking ones, and are more up for a holiday, so it’s all good. Lie to them, neg [manipulate] Offer them gear, waste them. ‘This is all in play when you’re on holiday.’

Greed is behind much of the excessive behavior during the holidays.

X-rated and shocking material makes for ‘good’ film content, and such material often means more followers, which can lead to sponsorship deals and a position to promote brands.

This could be lucrative. The ultimate goal of some is to become a rich and famous influencer.

More shocking content on mainstream platforms like TikTok and Instagram will get you censored or banned.

A group of men are using the holidays to create controversial and suggestive online content

All this is certainly a great motivation for young people to get into mischief on holiday. In this culture, the degradation of women can literally take its toll.

But an increasing number of young men in particular are flocking to online spaces like Telegram, where anything goes, and the more shocking the movie footage, the more people will follow you.

The ‘kids’ I interview show me some unsavory content from a variety of creators, both famous in the Manosphere and lesser-known influencers, posting about their inappropriate behavior at party resorts.

The formula is simple. The more

I ask Lewis if he has any rules for himself in Ayia Napa this year, and if he has any words of ‘wisdom’ for other young men going on their first kids’ holiday.

His advice probably won’t be much of a relief to parents worried about their sons and daughters heading to party hotspots.

‘The rules are to be as strict as possible, have as much sex as possible, get as much good content as possible, don’t leave your drugs near the girls and don’t fall off the balcony,’ he says.

The sad truth is that the Manosphere’s influence has spread its tentacles into every aspect of young male culture—online, domestically, and even abroad.