The Foundations of Male Supremacism: Dehumanization, Entitlement, and Conspiracism

This paper, a transnational, multidisciplinary collaboration among eight authors affiliated with IRMS, identifies the core elements of male supremacism as groundwork for research.

The paper identifies biological essentialism, anti-consent ideology, and justification of violence as three core elements of male supremacism that derive from the supremacist belief system of dehumanization and entitlement. The paper finishes with a discussion of conspiracism as a tool for mobilization against advances for equality and justice.

Unfortunately, the topics discussed in this paper remain all too urgent.

Recently, the white male supremacist who popularized the anti-consent slogan, “Your Body, My Choice,” decried women as “the number one political enemy in America” and advocated for the imprisonment of all girls and women in “breeding gulags” until (cisgender) men determine their worthiness to reenter society. His show averages 500,000 viewers per episode.

The paper is the first in a series offering new understandings and approaches for researchers, practitioners, journalists, and community members challenging male supremacism in day-to-day life and societal structures. To read this first installment, download here.