ABSTRACT

The connection between the manosphere and the far-right extremists known as the alt-right has been well documented and often likened to a pipeline. This chapter highlights the points at which the alt-right provides political solutions to manosphere ideological issues in the areas of reproductive rights, divorce laws, heterosexism, anti-feminism, racism and anti-immigration, and anti-socialism. The link between the groups is explored and the author proposes that it may be better represented as an interconnected web of influence and political radicalization rather than the pipeline that has become the more commonly used metaphor.