Here's how it works for Islamists: 1. Create or amplify sexual frustration in recruits through limiting normal and healthy contact with women (strict religious rules help making it seem "pious" rather than unhealthy). 2/n
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2. Direct that sexual frustration towards hate. Firstly, hate of women. Because they are "at fault" for not giving the men what they desire. Slut-shaming those women who do have sex (with other men) helps in reinforcing sexual repression and promoting hatred of women. 3/n
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3. Then direct that hatred of women towards any chosen enemy who is "at fault" for making women that way. This can be the "Great Satan" United States, or Western liberal values in general, or Jews, or other Muslims who are not "true believers", etc. 4/n
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You have now weaponized male sexual frustration, in three easy steps. To make it (and their recruitment) easier, Islamists always seek to create sexual frustration in the society at large, so that the pool of frustrated men ripe for radicalization will grow. 5/n
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This is why Islamists always prioritize control of women and sexuality whenever they gain power in any society, large or small; to drive their recruitment and gain more power through sexual repression. In short: Create sexual frustration, radicalize the frustrated, repeat. 6/n
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Incel have a lot more in common with Islamists than they'd like to admit. They lack their religion, but both are driven by extreme misogyny and sexual frustration - two sides of the same coin reinforcing each other. And both groups now radicalize through online peer groups. 8/n
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Male sexual frustration is and has always been a very, very dangerous condition. Women know this. The Catholic Church knows this. Islamists know this. Those who study terrorism know this. And now
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What to do about it? Definitely don't blame women. That's what incels and Islamists do to radicalize men - both themselves and others. We need to educate men on how to succeed socially, and to dismantle laws and customs repressing normal and safe male-female-interactions. 10/10
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For those interested in what the incel movement encompasses, I highly recommend this thread by
@ArshyMann:https://twitter.com/ArshyMann/status/988818797086871558 …Show this thread
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