Description
The racism, pro-life, and extreme Christian ideology have long been acknowledged to be a feature in far-right violent ideology in the United States. However, what’s been less acknowledged is the underpinning element of misogyny. This paper aims to reflect on why this is. First, it encounters the resistance of Terrorism Studies to engage with and validate the concept of patriarchal or intimate terrorism. Even though scholarship on patriarchal terrorism can be traced back to the 1970s, mainstream Terrorism Studies has never fully engaged with the idea. Second, this paper aims to demonstrate that this lack of engagement works in tandem with the bare minimum of acknowledgement of misogyny in the far-right. Explicitly, it argues that it is hard see to misogyny in a largely patriarchal and masculinity system. This is even more important today with the rise of incels and the manosphere, especially in how these support the US’s flirtation with Trump’s misogynist and racist driven neo-fascism.
