Andrew Tate, incels and the manosphere - how the internet is radicalising young men
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate made headlines recently when he was arrested by Romanian police as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. The 30-year-old former kickboxer rose to prominence through his misogynistic content.
He told the MEN: “The real concerns I've had is when I've been into schools... I can think of a specific example of where schools have asked kids to present something on a person to improve their presenting skills and improve their public speaking. In that year a ‘critical incident’ was declared in Plymouth after 22-year-old Jake Davison shot and killed five people including his mother and a three-year-old girl. His motive was never established, but, following the incident, Davison’s Youtube account was found to feature videos of Davison talking about incels and using terminology and ideas linked to the subculture.
A few hours after his arrest, he posted a cryptic tweet from his account saying "The Matrix sent their agents." Incels have adopted the blue and red pill metaphor from the first Matrix movie. For example, 'red pillers' - which describes incels who believe world is unfair and stacked against men in favour of women - and that the only way to overcome this is by becoming an 'alpha' male, going to the gym and treating women poorly. Or 'black pillers' who agree that men are systemically oppressed, but think that the only solution to overcome this would be by a drastic change of the society we live in through violent means.
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