Kate and EB discuss the "red-pill" phenomenon and what leads young men to fall down it. We look at research, online discourse, and examine our own opinions on the hard truths of this extreme misogyny and what we can do to fight it.
Sources:
- Red Pill Blue Pill Wikipedia Definition
- Chad Wikipedia Definition
- Men Who Hate Women from Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All (Bates, 2023)
- Men who hate women: The misogyny of involuntarily celibate men (Halpin, Preston, Gosse, Maguire, 2025)
- Guardian interview (2021)
- Take the Redpill: Understanding the Allure of Conspiratorial Thinking Among Proud Boys (Ktuner, 2020)
- Swallowing the Red Pill: a journey to the heart of modern misogyny (Marche, 2016)
- Swallowing and spitting out the red pill: young men, vulnerability, and radicalization pathways in the manosphere (Botto & Gottzén, 2023)
- Red Pill Women: Heterosexual Fantasies in Misogynistic Spaces (Hoebanx, 2024)
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