Men Who Hate Women: From incels to pickup artists, the truth about extreme misogyny and how it affects us all

by Laura Bates

After being appointed to lead the U.S. Department of Education, Betsy DeVos arranged meetings to discuss campus sexual assault with men’s rights groups well known for their misogynistic views and attacks on sexual violence survivors.31 One of the groups DeVos invited to a consultation, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE), has been singled out by the Southern Poverty Law Center for promoting misogyny and “lobbying to roll back services for victims of domestic abuse and penalties for their tormentors.” The SAVE website states as a “key fact” that “female initiation of partner violence is the leading reason for the woman becoming a victim of subsequent violence.”32 DeVos also reached out to the National Coalition for Men.