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#CurrentlyReading Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates of the #EverydaySexism hashtag fame. I am absolutely horrified! It's a discussion of online incel forums and how the sociopolitical position the group members take both came about and manifests off-line. I can't get the disgusted look off my face while reading it.
#JustFinished Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates.
A brutal takedown of society's blinders around misogyny.
The author is from the UK, but I can only speak to the US. Our society is so inured to violence against women that we don't even see it as avoidable, much less as terroristic. Women are literally afraid to say no to men they don't know because we don't know what shit they'll pull on us after that. We do live with that terror every day.
Bates chronicles how our children (boys especially) are being indoctrinated into misogynistic ideals. She also calls out the almost complete lack of charging white people, men especially, with terrorisim. She gives a very thorough analysis and shows that there have been attacks targeted against women by incels because of their beliefs. Yes, there is some room to argue about whether or not incels have a political ideology, but there is a lot of talk in the groups about restricting women's
autonomy and rights.
Terrorism: noun
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
We see this every day against women and LGBTQIA+ peoples.
White supremacy is highly entagled in the incel platforms.