In this long awaited episode, we cover the topic of incels and the ‘manosphere’. Annaig provides important updates on the case of notorious, Irish convicted murderer, Graham Dwyer and discusses the new legislation in Pakistan which provides much harsher punishment for those convicted of sexual assault. Henna then gives an update on the farming protests in India, and the violence the protestors have been met with. Annaig details the background of the involuntary celibate community, the notorious self professed incels, Elliot Rodgers and Alek Minassian, and the issues surrounding the deep seeded insecurities and hatred towards women found in such communities. She then gives details of a Northern Irish man, who was interviewed for a BBC Three documentary about incels. Henna discusses the terminology used within the manosphere, the idea of the Matrix analogy that is commonly used and the various different groups within these misogynistic communities.

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Sources - 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/graham-dwyer-case-state-knew-of-data-law-problems-for-years-expert-says-1.4732759

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/18/asia/pakistan-rape-chemical-castration-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=igbioCNN&utm_content=2021-09-22T14:19:07 

https://www.har persbazaar.com/culture/politics/a20078774/what-are-incels/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002900707/youtube-video-retribution.html 

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/television/4325376/new-bbc-documentary-explores-the-bizarre-world-of-an-irish-incel-who-admires-us-mass-murderer-elliot-rodger/amp/

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40359350.html 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07fvhmw

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1097184X211017954 

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