Gender and Radicalisation
From the men’s incel movement to jihadist groups like Islamic State and the anti Islam radical right, Laurie Taylor considers the relationship between gender and radicalisation.
Is misogyny implicated in radicalisation, across the political spectrum?
Laurie Taylor talks to Lizz Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Royal Holloway, about her primary research among two of Britain’s key extremist movements: the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, and those networked to it; and the anti-Islam radical right, including the English Defence League and Britain First. Also, Katherine Williams, Research Assistant in Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University explores women's engagement with the far right. She queries the notion that women do not support such politics, given the contemporary resurgence and global electoral successes of the far right, in its many guises.
Producer: Jayne Egerton
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