BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16528-ccf7972e3cce4a4d421d2f343de51dcf@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260905T142646Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T193000 SUMMARY:“Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism” – Book Laun ch with Cynthia Miller-Idriss DESCRIPTION:\nWhat two things do most mass shooters\, terrorists\, or vi olent extremists have in common? Most of us know the first: they are alm ost always men or boys. But the second? They are almost always virulent misogynists\, homophobes\, or transphobes—even if they are also motivate d by racism\, antisemitism\, or xenophobia. The antigovernment militiame n charged with plotting to kidnap and execute Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer used language saturated with misogyny\, with one telling an FBI informant\, “Just grab the bitch.” The men who killed scores at Virgini a Tech\, the Pulse nightclub\, and a Maryland newsroom all had prior rep orts of stalking\, domestic violence\, or harassment of women. And in do zens of other incidents—from North America to Norway to New Zealand—an i ncreasing number of misogynist incel (involuntary celibate) and male sup remacist attackers have explicitly targeted and killed women\, blaming f eminism or sexual frustration with women as motivation for their attacks .\n\nYet\, despite all evidence\, the bright red thread of misogyny runn ing through these attacks is barely acknowledged by the media or even ex perts—and this failing leaves us powerless to stop the violence. In Man Up\, Cynthia Miller-Idriss\, a leading expert on extremism\, addresses t his crucial oversight head-on\, revealing how an epidemic of misogyny—bo th online and off—and a patriarchal backlash are driving an exponential rise in mass and far-right violence. She also offers essential strategie s that all of us—including parents\, teachers\, and counselors—can use t o fight the rising tide of violence\, beginning with recognizing the mis ogyny that pervades our everyday lives.\n\nBooks will be available for p urchase on-site from The Squirrel and Acorn Bookshop\n\nCynthia Miller-I driss is a sociologist and professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Education at American University\, where she is the found ing director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation L ab (PERIL). An MSNBC columnist and a regular commentator in U.S. and int ernational media\, Miller-Idriss is the author of Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right (Princeton)\, The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Comm ercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany (Princeton)\, and B lood and Culture: Youth\, Right-Wing Extremism\, and National Belonging in Contemporary Germany.\n\nPlease email Hazel Velasco Palacios at hgv50 08@psu.edu if you have any questions about the event or need accommodati ons.\n\nThis event is supported by the Mellon Foundation’s Sawyer Semina r Program and cosponsored by the Department of Women’s\, Gender\, and Se xuality Studies\, the Humanities Institute\, and The McCourtney Institut e for Democracy.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/bo ok-launch-cynthia-miller-idriss/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What two things do most mass shooters, terrorists, or violent extremists have in common ? Most of us know the first: they are almost always men or boys. But the second? They are almost always virulent misogynists, homophobes, or tra nsphobes—even if they are also motivated by racism, antisemitism, or xen ophobia. The antigovernment militiamen charged with plotting to kidnap a nd execute Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer used language saturated wi th misogyny, with one telling an FBI informant, “Just grab the bitch.” T he men who killed scores at Virginia Tech, the Pulse nightclub, and a Ma ryland newsroom all had prior reports of stalking, domestic violence, or harassment of women. And in dozens of other incidents—from North Americ a to Norway to New Zealand—an increasing number of misogynist incel (inv oluntary celibate) and male supremacist attackers have explicitly target ed and killed women, blaming feminism or sexual frustration with women a s motivation for their attacks.

Yet, despite all evidence, the bri ght red thread of misogyny running through these attacks is barely ackno wledged by the media or even experts—and this failing leaves us powerles s to stop the violence. In Man Up, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a lea ding expert on extremism, addresses this crucial oversight head-on, reve aling how an epidemic of misogyny—both online and off—and a patriarchal backlash are driving an exponential rise in mass and far-right violence. She also offers essential strategies that all of us—including parents, teachers, and counselors—can use to fight the rising tide of violence, b eginning with recognizing the misogyny that pervades our everyday lives.

Books will be available for purchase on-site from The Squ irrel and Acorn Bookshop

Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a socio logist and professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of E ducation at American University, where she is the founding director of t he Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). An MS NBC columnist and a regular commentator in U.S. and international media, Miller-Idriss is the author of Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right (Princeton), The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Commercial ization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany (Princeton), and Blood and Culture: Youth, Right-Wing Extremism, and National Belonging in Contemporary Germany.

Please email Hazel Velasco Palacios at hgv5008@psu.edu if you have any questions about the event or need acc ommodations.

This event is supported by the Mellon Foundation’s Sa wyer Seminar Program and cosponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gende r, and Sexuality Studies, the Humanities Institute, and The McCourtney I nstitute for Democracy.

For more details: https://events.la.p su.edu/event/book-launch-cynthia-miller-idriss/

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