The revelation that a close associate of Andrew Tate is working to recruit Australian teens to the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network is the latest example of how rising misogyny is fuelling radicalisation and recruitment to the extreme right.

Stirling Cooper and Andrew Tate.Credit: Nine Publishing

Tate is a self-described misogynist and online influencer who has faced multiple charges of rape and human trafficking and runs dating academy seminars that teach tactics to degrade and manipulate women. He has compared women to dogs, advocates for their physical abuse as a mechanism of control, and says he believes that they shouldn’t drive or work outside the home.

It is hard to overstate Tate’s popularity with boys and young men. In 2023, a third of Australian boys reported they admire Tate, while about one in five young men in the UK and in the US view him favourably. Tate amassed millions of followers on social media – mostly teenage boys and young men – before being banned from Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.

Tate’s right-hand man Stirling Cooper, a former porn star who now........

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