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Aug 2021
28m 27s

Women, the alt-right and the liberal cen...

ABC Radio
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Why do women join white nationalist and other far-right movements? Misogyny is rampant on the alt-right, along with the notion that women's primary role is to be wives and child-bearers. But the liberal centre can be an ambivalent place for women too. Feminism was founded on the ideal of equality, and on the belief t ... Show More
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