Misogynist terrorism

Terrorism motivated by the desire to punish women A plaque memorializing victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, which targeted women students in the Canadian city of Montreal Misogynist terrorism, also called misogynistic extremism, male supremacist terrorism and incel terrorism, refers to one of the most extreme manifestations of misogyny and violence against women. This type of terrorism specifically targets women and girls by subjecting them to mass murder and bodily harm. Those who commit such acts may have either complex motives or a simple motive, but the majority of cases include a general desire to establish or assert perceived male supremacy by policing women's compliance to patriarchy and violently punishing them into submission to certain gender norms. Misogynist or male supremacist ideologies have been listed and tracked by counter-terrorist organizations as an emerging terrorist threat globally. Often, misogynist terrorists target representatives or stand-ins for a type of person that they feel hostility towards. For instance, some attacks have been motivated by a perception of entitlement (which is not fulfilled) to sexual intercourse with women of a type