Webinar #3 | MANOSPHERE: PATRIARCHY AND MISOGYNY 4.0

📅 Wednesday, 29 April 2025 | 2–4 PM CEST
📍 Online
🗣️ Interpretation available in English, Arabic and Portuguese

Digital platforms have profoundly reshaped the way gender norms are constructed, contested, and amplified. The “manosphere” — a network of online communities promoting male dominance, anti-feminist ideologies, and regressive models of masculinity — has gained significant influence. Man-influencers and digital entrepreneurs have brought these narratives into the mainstream, shaping how many young men understand identity, power, and gender relations.This discussion will explore how misogyny is fuelled and normalized online, how these narratives intersect with far-right and authoritarian agendas, and the role of religious influencers who use faith-based arguments to legitimise patriarchal hierarchies. Most importantly, we aim to reflect on the real-world consequences and on how civil society and feminist movements can mobilise effectively in response.

This discussion will explore:

• Why manosphere narratives resonate so deeply, particularly among young people
• How these spaces intersect with far-right and authoritarian politics
• The role of religious digital influencers in legitimizing patriarchal hierarchies
• The broader societal impacts
• And how civil society and feminist movements can respond strategically and collectively.

Speakers

• Manolo Farci, University of Urbino, author of Quel che resta degli uomini
• Sarah Kaddoura, South Feminist Futures, author of The Manosphere in Arabic.
  She is a Palestinian feminist researcher, writer and content creator based in Madrid. She’s the Political Education Project Manager at South Feminist Futures, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Sociology with focus on the rise of the manosphere in SWANA. Through her video channel, “Haki Nasawi”, Sarah creates videos on feminist theory, movements, and history with a special focus on SRHR, feminist political economy, and digital justice.
• Mayya Chernobylskaya, investigative journalist.Mayya Chernobylskaya is a freelance journalist based in Germany.
  She covers gender issues, anti-feminist movements and reproductive rights,often focusing on the business networks surrounding key figures and platforms. Her work has been published both locally and internationally, including an OCCRP investigation into the manosphere and its real-world presence.
• Alessandra Medeiros, researcher and activist.
  She is a Brazilian feminist researcher, holding a degree in Social Sciences and a Master’s in Society and Frontiers from the Federal University of Roraima (UFRR). She is currently a PhD candidate in Education at the Graduate Program in Education in the Amazon (PGEDA/UFRR), where she critically investigates the relationships between gender, misogyny, masculinities, and education, with a focus on contemporary dynamics of power and inequality

The initiative ‘Stop the Pushback on Women’s Rights’

Started as a conversation among a small group of women within the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2), the collective has grown and remains open to include voices of women from around the world united in response to the alarming resurgence of attacks on all women’s rights, transcending borders and affiliations. G2H2 continues to serve as a vital facilitator within Geneva’s multilateral landscape.

MANOSFERA: PATRIARCADO E MISOGINIA 4.0

📅 Quarta-feira, 29 de abril de 2025 | Fuso horário: 14h – 16h CEST
📍 Online
🗣️Tradutores disponíveis para Inglês, Portugues e Árabe

As plataformas digitais remodelaram profundamente a maneira como as normas de gênero são construídas, contestadas e amplificadas. A “manosfera” — uma rede de comunidades online que promovem a dominância masculina, ideologias antifeministas e modelos regressivos de masculinidade — ganhou influência significativa. Influenciadores homens (man-influencers) e empreendedores digitais trouxeram essas narrativas para o mainstream, moldando a forma como muitos jovens compreendem identidade, poder e relações de gênero. Esta discussão explorará como a misoginia é alimentada e normalizada online, como essas narrativas se cruzam com pautas de extrema-direita e autoritárias, e o papel de influenciadores religiosos que usam argumentos baseados na fé para legitimar hierarquias patriarcais. Mais importante, pretendemos refletir sobre as consequências no mundo real e sobre como a sociedade civil e os movimentos feministas podem se mobilizar de forma eficaz em resposta.

Esta discussão explorará:

• Por que as narrativas da manosfera ressoam tão profundamente, especialmente entre os jovens;
• Como esses espaços se cruzam com a política de extrema-direita e autoritária;
• O papel de influenciadores digitais religiosos na legitimação de hierarquias patriarcais;
• Os impactos sociais mais amplos;
• E como a sociedade civil e os movimentos feministas podem responder de forma estratégica e coletiva.

Participantes:

• Manolo Farci (Universidade de Urbino), autor de Quel che resta degli uomini
• Sarah Kaddoura (South Feminist Futures), autora de The Manosphere in Arabic
• Mayya Chernobylskaya, jornalista investigativa
• Alessandra Medeiros, pesquisadora e ativista brasileira