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“Particularly chilling from the perspective of young and potentially vulnerable newcomers to such communities is the way in which posters explosive rants are matched by long, faux-academic debates, relying on pseudoscience or math, in which the men who frequent these forums make detailed arguments to rationalize their sadistic fantasies. These posts are suggestive of recruitment, aimed at convincing and converting others to the same cause. They -

“Much has been written about the alt-right, and particularly its links to the rise of Donald Trump. But the deeply misogynistic beliefs that run through the movement and their role in many of its foundational tenets often go overlooked and unreported. In the same way, the raciest elements of the incel movement are often omitted from commentary, suggesting that it is an exclusively misogynistic, sex-obsessed community. Rarely, too, do those writing

“Women, so the story goes, are constantly hungry for sex, but they choose to sleep only with the most attractive cohort of men. Incels are obsessed with what they refer to as the 80:20 theory, which holds that the top 20 percent of the most attractive men enjoys 80 percent of the sex within our society🙄. They lament that the “sexual marketplace” is brutally hierarchical, with women completely in control.They believe that when women are choosing-

“Almost every week for the past eight years, I have spoken to young people in schools across the UK about sexism. But over the past two years boys responses started changing. They were angry, resistant to the very idea of a conversation about sexism. Men themselves were the real victims, they‘d tell me, in a society in which political correctness has gone mad, white men are persecuted, and so many women lie about rape. In schools from rural -

I‘m giving a pick, but it was hard to listen to in the beginning & a little boring toward the end. Very informative though. I had little knowledge about incels, men‘s rights groups, & pickup groups. I already knew there are a lot of A**holes out there, but this one really highlights how many. Horrific thoughts & comments by these men. Bates joined several incels under fake profiles & reports their comments. TW- comments about rape, killing, etc

Hard to read, but so very necessary. If you haven‘t read this yet, you need to.

As you can imagine, this one is a tough read. But it‘s well done and vital. In particular, Bates discusses how not only are the attitudes of men‘s rights activists and increls not going away, they‘re spreading and creeping into other lines of discourse in the absence of counter programming, so ignoring them is not the answer.

This is a powerful book that offers such clarity on issues we should all be aware of & how the minority are influencing the majority filling our society with a hate rhetoric. Before starting this book I thought I knew something of incels & misogyny, nope! I knew nothing. Bates has researched her book so thoroughly with no stone left unturned & she is shining a bright spot light that we must all look at NOW!

#Feminism #EndMisogyny #PowerfulReads

As someone who works in education and deals directly with Safeguarding concerns and behaviour incidents Chapter 9 of Laura Bates' book has thoroughly slapped me in the face and woke me up!

#Feminism #Research #TheVoiceOfToday #TodaysIssues #Safeguarding #Radicalisation #Extremism #SocialMedia #Misogyny #Truth

I‘m now officially a man who hates men. More precisely, as the final chapter is titled, I‘m a man who hates men who hate women. The other chapters cover all of the unsavoury flavours of misogynists from online Incels up to their offline, male supremacist heroes like Piers Morgan, Trump and Johnson. Along the way we meet MGTOWs and Pick Up Artists. Fascinating and depressing in equal turns. Full of verifiable facts. Need something light to read now

I can‘t say I enjoyed this book but it‘s essential reading for everyone. So many interesting topics and statistics which I didn‘t know about. I was angry and upset pretty much from start to finish but isn‘t that the point of books like this? If we don‘t highlight the problem how can we tackle it?
A definite pick
4.5 ⭐️

I didn‘t know too much about incels before reading this book and I must say it‘s absolutely terrifying the way these men think