Misogyny has existed throughout history, but in recent years a newly-packaged form has taken hold online, promoted by influencers and online communities with thousands of young, male followers including in Scotland.

The Ferret hosted a panel discussion to discuss the issues, chaired by equality campaigner and researcher Talat Yaqoob, which we recorded for a special live For Fact's Sake podcast.

On the panel were:

Lisa Sugiura: Associate Professor in Cybercrime and Gender at the University of Portsmouth, and author of The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women

Clare Duffy: Playwright and founder of Civic Digits Theatre Company. Their new project, Many Good Men, examines the impact of incel culture and how young men can fight against it.

Iain Corbett: Youth worker and participation advisor for Strathclyde University’s Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice. He has been leading “positive masculinity” workshops inside Polmont Young Offenders Institute, looking at what it means to be a 21st century man, so-called toxic masculinity, and online misogyny.

Zero Tolerance: Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women through tackling gender inequality

There's only a week to go until the election, and things are hotting up!

On this Election Cast, Ali and Paul delve into:

• The Scottish Labour manifesto
• Nigel Farage's promise to leave the World Economic Forum (spoiler: we aren't a member).
• Why Keir Starmer and Jimmy Savile are being linked online

Thanks everyone for listening!

Credits:

Written and presented by Ali Brian and Paul Dobson

Produced by Halina Rifai

For this week's election cast, Ali and Paul are looking into the claims which are impacting the campaign over the last seven days.

• Did the Scottish Government underspend its EU funding?
• Are there more people arriving in the UK than ever?
• How are Scottish chickens being caught up in the culture war?

The answers to these questions lie within.

Credits:

Written and presented by Ali Brian and Paul Dobson

Produced by Halina Rifai