Within far-right extremism, a recent trend has taken place where perpetrators publish a manifesto shortly before their attack in order to both justify their actions and inspire others. This thesis...Show moreWithin far-right extremism, a recent trend has taken place where perpetrators publish a manifesto shortly before their attack in order to both justify their actions and inspire others. This thesis analyses the manifestos written by Anders Breivik and Elliot Rodger, searching for anti-feminist trends, and compare the presence of these trends among the two manifestos. To achieve this, content analysis is performed on both manifestos. This analysis uncovers that Breivik and Rodger, though both belonging to different subgroups within far-right extremism, share similarities on multiple fronts: the wish to create an ideal world, the blaming of women and/or feminism for their problems, the aim to severely reverse women’s rights, and racist views.Show less
