This presentation explores how gendered grievances shape both everyday and extremist forms of violence, drawing on research into perpetrators of domestic abuse and online incel communities. Though usually treated as distinct issues, both groups share similar narratives: that men are entitled to control women and that violence can restore a lost status or authority. Findings show that perpetrators of domestic abuse often use violence to retain dominance within intimate relationships, while incels frame violence to regain dominance after a perceived social and sexual rejection. Across both, male entitlement, victimhood, and nostalgia for a “golden age” of patriarchy drive hostility towards women and feminism. These insights underscore how gendered narratives connect the private and the political and can help refine prevention strategies by encouraging attention not only to ideology but also the everyday social pressures that shape behaviour.
This is part of the Pax Caledonia Network webinar programme and is organisation in collaboration with the Scottish Policing Academic Centre of Excellence.
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