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Far-right millennials: what drives young women to extreme politics?
Marie Claire ^ | May 30, 2017

Posted on 07/21/2017 8:29:34 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Far-right millennials: what drives young women to extreme politics?

Right-wing nationalists are on the march in Europe and the US. But if you're picturing men with shaved heads, think again. Polly Dunbar meets the young, far-right British women drawn to the extreme edge of politics

I’m on the Strand in London, watching 300 men and women wave St George’s Cross flags and chant ‘terrorist scum off our streets’. They’re members of Britain First, a far-right political party founded from the ashes of the BNP. Along with the English Defence League (EDL), the party is using the Westminster attack a few days earlier as an opportunity to ‘march against terror’. Witnessing the presence of a group who want a ban on Islam in the UK is shocking. Even more so is the sight of young far-right women in their ranks and, at the helm, Britain First’s deputy leader, 31-year-old Jayda Fransen. This woman describes Islam as a ‘cancer of the world’ and has proclaimed ‘there is no such thing as a “moderate” Muslim’.

Stepping outside my liberal London bubble, in which my views – pro-Europe, inclusive – are echoed by my friends and colleagues, I want to understand why increasing numbers of millennial women are attracted to far-right politics.

Many nationalist parties are experiencing a resurgence across Europe. In the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark and Sweden, far-right parties have thrived; while in France, Marine Le Pen, leader of the anti-immigration Front National soared in popularity to become a strong contender in May’s presidential election. She may not have won, but still, 10.6 million people voted for her.

(Excerpt) Read more at marieclaire.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bloggers; conservative; feminism; immigration; millennials; nationalism
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To: PAR35

That’s known as “circumcismus totalis” or extreme circumcision.


41 posted on 07/22/2017 5:53:54 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Grimmy

Actually Marie Claire - these women realize that as females they are at the bottom of the rung in Muslim countries. So, it’s a matter or survival. IDIOT!


42 posted on 07/22/2017 6:36:00 AM PDT by Gumdrop (She made her bed and is now lying in it.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Looks like Millenial men have better prospects of actually finding a wife with good values, rather than just leftist whores and triggered SJW mental cases.


43 posted on 07/22/2017 6:53:21 AM PDT by montag813 (ue)
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