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Robin Abcarian: 'Incel rebellion' is plain misogyny

I spent a lot of the weekend on my laptop, immersed in the manosphere, the name given to an unaffiliated collection of blogs, websites and conversation threads that are animated by the conviction that women oppress men, that a woman's value is tied to her sexual desirability and that women owe men sex.

It's a peculiar world to visit right now, as so much of our attention has lately been consumed by the avalanche of revelations about men who have sexually assaulted and harassed women in the workplace.

In the manosphere, you

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