num_pages: 366
description: The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about.Men Who Hate Women examines the rise of secretive extremist communities who despise women and traces the roots of misogyny across a complex spider web of groups. It includes eye-opening interviews with former members of these communities the academics studying this movement and the men fighting back.Women's rights activist Laura Bates wrote this book as someone who has been the target of many hate-fueled misogynistic attacks online. At first the vitriol seemed to be the work of a small handful of individual men... but over time the volume and consistency of the attacks hinted at something bigger and more ominous. As Bates went undercover into the corners of the internet she found an unseen organized movement of thousands of anonymous men wishing violence (and worse) upon women.In the book Bates explores:Extreme communities like incels pick-up artists MGTOW Men's Rights Activists and moreThe hateful toxic rhetoric used by these groupsHow this movement connects to other extremist movements like white supremacyHow young boys are targeted and slowly drawn inWhere this ideology shows up in our everyday lives in mainstream media our playgrounds and our governmentBy turns fascinating and horrifying Men Who Hate Women is a broad unflinching account of the deep current of loathing toward women and anti-feminism that underpins our society and is a must-read for parents educators and anyone who believes in equality for women.Praise for Men Who Hate Women:Laura Bates is showing us the path to both intimate and global survival.Gloria SteinemWell-researched and meticulously documented Bates's book on the power and danger of masculinity should be required reading for us all.Library JournalMen Who Hate Women has the power to spark social change.Sunday Times
language: English
title: Men Who Hate Women - From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All
publisher: Simon & Schuster UK