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EXPERT EXPOSES the Overlooked Driver of Extremism

2026-04-20 Entertainment
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Princeton University professor and extremism expert Cynthia Miller-Idriss joins Court Accountability Action’s Alyssa Bowen to discuss her new book, Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism (Princeton University Press, 2025). Cynthia and Alyssa talk about the latent misogyny driving the swell in far-right violence and extremism in recent years, despite a hesitancy by mainstream media and even many extremism researchers to identify it. Cynthia and Alyssa also talk about the key role the courts often play in imposing a far-right misogynistic agenda, as well as what can be done to curb this violence, starting with recognizing and openly discussing the misogyny in our everyday lives Court Accountability Linktree: https://linktr.ee/courtaccountability?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=74d10b63-b5e9-4c8e-8eff-01fb3b1850fd Cynthia’s book, Man Up: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691257549/man-up?srsltid=AfmBOoq9o7z53K2tSMX3661I5izLPNumaKezm59yV8j23W3XwSZY14XJ Cynthia’s website: https://www.cynthiamilleridriss.com/  Cynthia on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/milleridriss.bsky.social Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

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@JamesDrake-v8k 2026-04-20

I have no psychology degree; they won't even let me play one on TV. But a Psychopath having no ability to recognize the suffering of other people seems to go hand in hand with misogyny, and every other issue raised.

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@gracey3282 2026-04-20

Thank you Cynthia and Alyssa for informing us ❤.

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@laladeyarmin8553 2026-04-20

Those horrible Tate brothers gone to mind

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@old_grey_cat 2026-04-20

I hope the concept of the links between misogyny and violent extremism spreads, with man on woman/ children domestic violence as a part of the mess. However, we also need to link "I will protect them whether they want it or not" attitude, "lovingly" putting the females and children into a position with fewer rights, into the definition of misogyny. The attitude of entitlement and inherent wisdom in that attitude is part of seeing others as property, and part of developing the "duty" to kill others who disagree with one's point of view.

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@susansnyder9271 2026-04-20

Thanks to you both. I have been very concerned for some time about the case of INCELS, and the violent rhetoric and activity aimed at women and girls. And, of course, having identified rapists, misogynists , and toxic males in our government now gives permission and encouragement to follow these examples as the masculine norm or aspiration. Very troubling. Recently, as I was contemplating this topic, I became convinced there is an element of shame within these men that causes them to push extremely hard against allowing that shame to arise. They will do anything even violence to prevent their shame from intruding into their "construct" of masculinity. The fact that there are "adult" males "teaching" young men on podcasts and making money on these false narratives about women is sickening, angering, and fear provoking to me.

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@jazznix100 2026-04-20

Great work, Cynthia! This caustic tradition of men passing down their misogynystic programming by their behavior and messaging to younger generations must come to an end if we're ever to achieve a true equality. I'm quite surprised you didn't mention the role this programming played during the presidential campaign of 2024, as our idiot's campaign weaponised misogyny to a level where the previous programming of many men provoked their decision to vote against the more responsible and better qualified candidate. In the future, any woman interested in running for president will be forced to develop countermeasures to such weaponised misogyny if they're serious about winning what's left of our White House.

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@rejcurran 2026-04-20

Excellent reporting. Appreciate your insight

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@leagarner3675 2026-04-20

Important topic. I have personally notice a rise in misogyny that seemed to be tied to Harris losing the Presidential election. I also noticed a small bump after Hillary Clinton lost. I am involved in a male dominated hobby.

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@carolyncarlson6410 2026-04-20

Our culture's struggle to consistently bring consequences is huge, they're trained by conditioning to believe theyre entitled to offend & re offend

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@RaeAttarian 2026-04-20

They still aren't listening. Hopefully, one day, society will want to change.

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