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Bestselling author Laura Bates says the rise of a toxic online culture is leaking into everyday life and normalising hatred towards women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a wide-ranging talk on Thursday (13 February) which included incels, pickup artists, and the harassment of women, she said even boys as young as 11 affected by online forums which  creates the ideology that women are seen as inferior and men ‘deserve better’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bates, founder of The Everyday Sexism Project<\/a>, opened the night with a speech on the rise of the incel movement in the UK, before going on to explore the double-standards women have become accustomed to showcasing what is and isn\u2019t being done to level the playing field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen write a quarter of front page articles,\u201d she said. \u201cOne woman every three days is killed by a man, just 18 of the 108 High Court Judges are female, and only 28% of women in films have speaking roles.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Bates speaking at the annual Pankhurst lecture | Credit: Scarlet Chambers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The rise of online movements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a room full of women with men scattered few and far between, Laura went into detail about the activities of incels and pickup artists. She defined incel as \u201ca term associated with a mostly online subculture of people, who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one, and who may blame, objectify, and denigrate women and girls as a result\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A huge increase in online platforms like Discord, Instagram, Reddit, and YouTube in recent years have made way for toxic speech, tips, tricks, and advice, aimed at allowing incel men to \u201ctake control of their women\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With some of these forums raking in as many as 750,000 followers, it is far from a small movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘A society that is anything but equal’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Laura delved into the topic of \u2018pickup artists\u2019, which she said was an international industry worth an estimated \u00a3100m, influencers within the movement have been known to offer \u2018bootcamps\u2019 ranging in price from \u00a3250 to \u00a38,000 in most major cities across the globe – including the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Pickup artists] are people whose goals are seduction and sexual success,\u201d Laura said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPredominantly heterosexual men, they often self-identify as the \u2019seduction community\u2019 or the \u2018pickup community\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dehumanisation of women, accompanied with the reassurance that men have an entitlement to women’s bodies and lives, is a shared thread between both groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThings are interrelated in ways that society doesn’t even want us to realise,\u201d Laura continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dExtremism of any kind is only able to flourish in a society if low-level instances of inequality and prejudice are considered normal, or are excused, with individuals expected to shut up. This builds a background context for a society that remains anything but equal.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More young boys know Andrew Tate than PM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, a selection of young boys across the UK were given a poll featuring two photographs: one was a picture of Andrew Tate, a self-proclaimed \u2018misogynist influencer\u2019; the other, a photo of then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew Tate | Credit: James English (Anything Goes with James English CC), James Tamil (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak | Credit: Simon Walker, No. 10 Downing Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to the poll, conducted by anti-fascism charity Hope not Hate, boys aged between 16 and 17 were up to 21% more likely to have consumed Andrew Tate\u2019s material than had heard of Rishi Sunak.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a study of American men cited by Laura, she said: \u201c27% of them said that they would not have a one-to-one meeting in the workplace with a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019We are living in the midst of a backlash\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although most men disagreed with the statement, Laura said the survey revealed how toxic ideas fomented online have now leaked into real life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLooking back at traditional structures like mainstream media, you can see that it has had a play in normalising the radical ideas from the dark web into normal everyday consumption,\u201d Laura said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMainstream media isn\u2019t seen to promote misogyny or extremism because it\u2019s done so casually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are living in the midst of a backlash. There is an intense effort to send the message that to talk about feminism or women’s rights comes with the connotation that women hate men, to undermine them or threaten them. However it’s never actually highlighted why there is [still] a need for feminist movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dFeminists seek to address the inequality in today’s world. And that is what is the threat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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