AI² — The Ally-to-Authority Pipeline
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This working field note introduces AI² — the Ally-to-Authority Pipeline, a framework for tracking how red-pill and pink-pill messaging may become softer, less obvious, and more persuasive as people become more aware of it. AI² describes a cross-gender laundering sequence where ideology enters through allyship, assurance, appreciation, or access; moves into interpretation; gains authority; and then normalizes ideology. The framework is intended as a working field identification, not a claim about individual intent. Its purpose is to name a communication structure that may help explain how manosphere and femisphere ideas become softened, repackaged, and normalized through language that appears helpful.
Author: de Jong, Kristie
Language: English
Topic: Gender and Feminist Studies
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7159784280
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