‘Masculinism’ is uniting the US right – what is it?

The Conversation reports on the rise of what it calls "masculinism" — an extreme anti-feminist movement it says is uniting the American right behind the belief that men should dominate women. The piece traces the term back to the late eighteen hundreds and its revival by men's rights activists in the nineteen eighties, and names figures including Andrew Tate, podcaster Myron Gaines, influencer Nick Fuentes, and preacher Doug Wilson as leading proponents. Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in the US over the weekend, with UK authorities announcing new charges related to allegations of rape and sex trafficking. Citing a study of Australian boys aged thirteen to seventeen, the outlet notes that roughly a quarter to a third agreed with misogynistic attitudes, and argues the movement's real-world influence is growing even as some researchers still treat misogyny as a lesser form of extremism.

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