How Hatred Of Women Is Fueling The Far-Right

The report also says that supporters of far-right movements “have both adopted misogynist attitudes and used hatred of women to recruit new supporters,” and that it’s not coincidental that so many public attacks perpetrated by misogynists involve guns. Sarah Burd-Sharps, director of research at Everytown for Gun Safety, said the trend is worrying.“As long as firearms continue to be easily accessible to people with these views and extremism is tolerated in our country, we will keep seeing similar acts of gun violence,” she said. The organization identified overlap between misogyny and white supremacy in what is known as the “manosphere,” an online community of men who reject modern notions of feminism and bond over shared misogynistic values.“In addition to these attitudes being common in online spaces, they’re also observable in many attackers whose violence was motivated by hate,” said the report. In an online manifesto published before the shooting, Rodger said he picked the sorority because the girls there were the “hottest.” Rodger has been revered as a hero in online “incel” communities — a self-assigned misogynistic term meaning “involuntarily celibate.”Rodger’s manifesto also reflected the confluence of guns and hatred of women detailed in Everytown’s report: “My first act of preparation was the purchase [of] my first handgun … After I picked up the handgun, I brought it back to my room and felt a new sense of power.