Angry young white men, the "incel rebellion" and an age of worldwide reaction

[DonViejo]

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 it’s alt-right white supremacists marching in Charlottesville with their tiki torches, misogynist “incels” and men’s 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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https://www.salon.com/2018/05/12/angry-young-white-men-the-incel-rebellion-and-an-age-of-worldwide-reaction/

[RKP5637]

1. And haven't men throughout ages created the wars and conflicts? ... seems to be a genetic defect ...

[smirkymonkey]

4. +1000

And mass shootings and terrorist attacks?

[RKP5637]

5. IMO men generally seem to be the root of all evil, not women. n/t

[brush]

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]

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.