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Calling in, calling out::Responding to male supremacist ideologies through informal conterspeech

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: As misogynist and male supremacist content is increasingly platformed within digital environments, there is a pressing need to strengthen existing interventions. Existing approaches to addressing online male supremacism often prioritise top-down knowledge from government-led security efforts - but citizen-led initiatives also represent an important avenue for building resilience, resistance, and trust. In this article, I assesses the role of informal counter-speech in support-focused manosphere subreddits, highlighting the limitations of existing approaches to counter-speech that centre fact-checking and debunking misogynist narratives; how user interactions are an important – but underexplored – element of effective counter-speech; and that policy actions to strengthen counter-speech approaches for male supremacism should include emotion/identity-based appeals, cultural fluency, and critical empathy.

Source: Research Explorer (The University of Manchester)

Author: Czerwinsky, Allysa; id_orcid 0000-0001-7378-8271

Language: English

Topic: Misinformation and Its Impacts

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7158427146

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