Boys being groomed online to hate women, British author warns

Students taking part in a protest to fight against sexism at educational institutions in Madrid, Spain. Bates has noticed a major increase in school-age British boys expressing ideas and using language she had seen on radical online hate groups. — Reuters

LONDON: Young men and boys are being radicalised into hating women, the British author behind the Everyday Sexism Project has warned, saying online groups are targeting boys as young as 11.

Laura Bates, an author and campaigner best known for setting up an open archive that allowed women to report their everyday experiences of sexism, said she had become aware of the scale of the problem while visiting schools to talk about women’s rights.