The far right and feminism: a hollow and exploitative brand of "identity politics"

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“Those who most oppose immigration and multiculturalism frequently adopt a defensive position about their own identity, [are] increasingly culturally anxious and fragile about challenges to their privilege, and [are] more likely to say that feminism marginalises men,” the report states.

Its research shows that men’s rights and anti-feminism have “increasingly become a slip road to the far right, appealing to young men feeling emasculated in an age of changing social norms”.
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Yet the exploitative and superficial nature of this new direction is exposed by the far-right’s repulsion towards “liberal” shifts suggested in Hope Not Hate’s polling. Identity trumps inclusion in this particular survey at least, showing that any tactics to appear pro-equality by the far right are at odds with its true instincts.

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/07/far-right-and-feminism-hollow-and-exploitative-brand-identity-politics

I have to say that when the far right concern troll women by stating their anti-Muslim rhetoric is about protecting us woman folk from the evil invaders I want to punch a wall
Really interesting article with much more at the link