Femosphere, Femcels, Reactionary Feminism
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The academic paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2024.2393187
The popular press reporting: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/29/welcome-to-the-femosphere-the-latest-dark-toxic-corner-of-the-internet-for-women
In the femosphere, instead of “incels” – male involuntary celibates – there are “femcels”, and instead of pickup artists there are female dating strategists and so-called “dark feminine” influencers who encourage women to find men to support them financially. ...
In the femosphere, as in the manosphere, there’s an overarching belief that life is about survival of the fittest, that men will always hurt women and that will never change, so strategies are needed to conquer the opposite gender. ...
Kay looked at Female Dating Strategy [an online movement]. It has a six-point ideology for members to subscribe to, which includes ideas such as: men should always pursue women, women should seek financial contributions from men, and the majority of men have no value. ...
The femosphere promises liberation from the ‘double shift’, where liberal feminism has saddled women with both productive and reproductive labour
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