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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAngry young white men, the "incel rebellion" and an age of worldwide reaction
White supremacists, online misogynists and the rise of the far right: How to fight a rising tide of resentment
CONOR LYNCH
MAY 12, 2018 10:00AM (UTC)
If there is one thing that seems to unite the most extreme political reactionaries throughout the world, it is their gender. Whether its alt-right white supremacists marching in Charlottesville with their tiki torches, misogynist incels and mens rights activists who believe feminism is the root of all their problems, or Islamic extremists who aim to restore the caliphate, one thing is constant: they are overwhelmingly male.
It is hardly surprising that men are more susceptible to the allure of reactionary politics, considering that it's much easier for men to romanticize the past than it is for women (or any previously oppressed or mistreated group, such as LGBTQ people). Patriarchy has long been the norm in Western and non-Western societies and cultures, and thus women are less inclined to feel nostalgic for some golden age in history when they were treated as second-class citizens.
Needless to say, in America there is another important factor that increases the likelihood of one adopting a reactionary political ideology: being white. This was evidenced in a recent Pew Research Center analysis, which found that although millennials are the most progressive generation (and lean overwhelmingly Democratic), white male millennials are more more likely to support the Republican Party.
Another analysis from the Washington Post provides further insight into this phenomenon, finding that white males are more likely to feel white vulnerability, or a strong perception that whites are losing ground to other groups through no fault of their own. This was demonstrated in one survey from GenForward Survey, which found that 48 percent of white millennials think that discrimination against whites has become as big a problem as discrimination against blacks, while 70 percent of Trump-voting millennials believe that discrimination against whites is as big of a problem as discrimination against minorities.
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Angry young white men, the "incel rebellion" and an age of worldwide reaction (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2018
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RKP5637
(67,108 posts)1. And haven't men throughout ages created the wars and conflicts? ... seems to be a genetic defect ...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)4. +1000
And mass shootings and terrorist attacks?
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)5. IMO men generally seem to be the root of all evil, not women. n/t
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
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brush
(53,778 posts)3. Agreed...deplorables who can't get laid and have the nerve...
to think it's a movement instead of learning some social skills.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)6. Some of them are so gross looking and so socially inapt. They need to go home and JO and just call
it quits. So much of it's the way they dress, groom and act.