This paper seeks to understand which factors make women vulnerable or averse to radicalization, and asks: do these factors differ from those that drive men into violent extremist groups? Understanding similarities and differences between men and women with regard to
radicalization will enable...
There is a presumption that women do not use violence as a means of
exercising their political will, because most traditional notions of
femininity emphasize motherhood, peacefulness, and stability. Like the
repressive power relations between men and women in Islamic State society,
the norms...