-These guys have always existed, you know,
but when you have a philosophy that can be shared online,
it's like a virus.
-You know about white supremacy,
but have you heard of male supremacy?
It's not plain sexism or chauvinism.
It's a kind of potentially violent extremism
that, experts say, is on the rise.
Male supremacy can be defined as "a hateful ideology
advocating for the subjugation of women"
and the Southern Poverty Law Center
has said this kind of extreme misogyny
is increasingly a "gateway drug" for extremists.
-This really kind of very ugly
and insidious subculture of individuals,
men, across the United States and sometimes more broader,
that objectify and have this misogynistic worldview of women
that's uglier than many people
even recognize on a day-to-day basis.
-Male supremacy can go further than hateful ideas
shared in dark corners of the Internet.
It can have violent consequences.
Six people were killed when a college student
went on a murderous rampage in Isla Vista, California,
in May of 2014.
Ten people died when a man drove a van
into a crowd in Toronto in April of 2018.
And two people were fatally shot when a man opened fire
in a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida, in November of 2018.
These are all examples of deadly acts inspired
by male supremacist ideology.
-These groups are generally considered to be
part of what is referred to as the manosphere,
which is essentially the online world
where men sort of trade secrets
on how to get/control/violate women in various ways.
-The Anti-Defamation League divides the manosphere
into three broad groups.
So-called men's rights activists use legitimate advocacy
for equal treatment in divorce
and custody disputes as a cover for toxic anger.
Pick-up artists share advice about how to date women,
but also talk about psychologically manipulating
and controlling them.
And incels are men who blame women
for their own involuntary celibacy.
-You talk about being rejected by a woman
and, suddenly, it becomes this thing
that you can plug this new philosophy into it.
You can plug this idea into your own experiences
and you become part of this larger movement
and that's really seductive for a lot of these guys
and they feed off of each other.
They make each other feel that they're not alone, you know.
They find community in these spaces
and that's what's, I think that's what's so new
and that's what's also so dangerous.
-Extremism experts warn that misogynist groups
could act as a feeder network for white supremacy
and neo-Nazi groups.
-The research indicated that there was, in fact,
a bridge between a number of leaders and individuals
in the alt-right
and the misogyny that, in many instances,
underpins their worldview towards women, in general.
-It's the victimhood narrative,
this idea that men are under attack,
that men are being, you know, somehow shortchanged,
that we see reflected in the white supremacist movement.
White men are being shortchanged.
White men are being sold a false bill of goods.
We know that white supremacists recruit
in very similar ways to the way that ISIS recruits
and we know that misogynists are finding people
in exactly the same way as these other groups.
-Violent, misogynist behavior is nothing new.
But what is alarming some experts is the speed
and extent to which this ideology can spread online.
-Take domestic violence seriously.
Take threats against women seriously.
Take misogynistic threats seriously and, you know,
just be more aware of how this language
can manifest itself very quickly
and without very much warning as actual,
physical violence against women.