What are the links between masculinity, anti-feminist men’s rights, and the alt-right? There is growing recognition that far-right and white nationalist movements and ideologies are shaped by gender, and particularly by patriarchal masculinity, and that there are ideological and practical connections between far-right and ‘men’s rights’ networks and ideologies. In this XY collection, we have pulled together some recent commentaries on this. The articles are linked below. Additions are welcome.
Media commentary and articles
- Amrani, After El Paso and Dayton the left needs to reach out to men not condemn them, Aug. 8 2019
- Blazak, I remember Oklahoma: White men and terrorism, 2015
- Carreras, The new radical right and anti-feminism, Jan 1 2020
- Doyle, Team Mitch and the Weaponization of White Male Awfulness, Aug 8 2019
- Futrelle, Inside the Dangerous Convergence of Mens-Rights Activists and the Extreme Alt-Right, March 31 2017
- Futrelle, The alt-right is fueled by toxic masculinity and vice versa, April 2 2019
- Futrelle, Men's Rights Activism Is the Gateway Drug for the Alt-Right, Aug. 17 2017
- Galasso, Confronting Far-Right Masculinities - Implications for NGOs, 2019
- Gilson, You Can't Understand White Supremacists Without Looking at Masculinity, July 11 2018
- Kelly, The alt-right: Reactionary rehabilitation for white masculinity, Sept 17 2017
- Lewis, What men's rights activists and other "anti-feminist" men have in common with white supremacists, Oct 9 2017
- Lewis, To Learn About the Far Right Start With the Manosphere, Aug. 7 2019
- Malik, A sick broken masculinity is fuelling extremism says documentary maker, Sept. 7 2018
- Moore, It's not a crisis of masculinity that's responsible for mass shootings It's male power, Aug 5 2019
- O'Malley, White-bred terrorist - the making of a killer, 2019
- Romano, Aja, How the alt-rights sexism lures men into white supremacy 2016
- Russell-Kraft, The Rise of Male Supremacist Groups. New Republic, April 4, 2018
- Schiller, What white nationalists and incels have in common - Blaming feminism, Oct 27 2019
- Schroeder, Racists Are Recruiting. Watch Your White Sons, Oct 12 2019
- Smith, Home Grown - Guardian review
- Valenti, Young White Male Rage Is the Biggest Threat to Our Country, Aug. 5 2019
- Yes Magazine, What an American Terrorist Looks Like, Aug. 13 2019
- Wilkinson, We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young white men, Nov 15 2016
Academic publications and reports
- Shaw, The New Language of Hate - Misogyny and the Alt-Right, 2018
- Greig, Masculinities and the Far-Right: Implications for Oxfam’s Work on Gender Justice - Research Backgrounder, 2019
Online compilations
Also see:
- Academic scholarship on masculinity and formal politics, and on gender and politics;
- Men's rights and MRAs (Men's Rights Activists): Academic critiques;
- Men's rights: accessible critiques