"Rob has stood up 350 women on dates. He says incels are taking revenge
One man has made it his mission to get back at women – by catfishing them. Experts warn online misogyny spread by the growing incel movement can have serious real-life consequences."
"Researchers say the incel movement is growing and becoming more radicalised."
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/rob-has-stood-up-350-women-on-dates-he-says-incels-are-getting-revenge/zwocc61rr
"I’m on a call with a man who’s taking great glee in telling me how much he despises women.
“I don't have a healthy opinion of women,” he says.
“I describe myself as … a misogynist or womaniser … whatever you journalists use. I know you use them all,” he says with a bitter laugh.
His hobby is tricking women by setting up fake dating profiles using photos of male models.
“I arrange dates, I find some bar on Google Maps in the CBD … and I stand them up for being too fat or looking different from their pictures,” he said.
It’s known as “chadfishing”: a mashup between catfishing and Chad (internet speak for an attractive man). The scheme originates from the incel community as a way to humiliate women - Rob is a frequent user of incel sites.
Rob claims around 250 Australian women and 100 others overseas have been duped by his scheme. He posts about his encounters on the world’s biggest incel forum.
In one forum post, he boasts about standing up a single mother who had driven over 150km for the non-existent date.
The Feed has seen messages evidently from the woman. Confused, she asks Rob what’s going on, before he tells her to “f-ck off”.
But what, I ask, is the point of all this?
He turns the question on me.
“You inflict psychological damage and self-doubt on them,” he says.
Rejection is something Rob is all too familiar with. He reveals his bitterness towards women stems from his own lack of success in dating – he’s had few dates since high school and has never been in a relationship.
“I consider it revenge,” he says."
"We have to look at the capacity for these ideologies … to become mainstream, to be embedded in popular political discourse,” Roose said.
"Rob said he’s been in trouble with the law, and has admitted to threatening to kill a woman. In 2019, Rob was charged and given an intervention order for stalking a woman.
He showed The Feed a court document showing he was refused bail for breaching an intervention order.
The document states Rob was refused bail because of “history of prior breaches of bail”, “lack of fixed address” and “lack of social ties”. There were also concerns for the victim, who feared Rob would find out where she lived.
Rob says he was later granted bail following a recommendation from his doctor, although this cannot be verified by The Feed. Rob said he’s been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.
“My doctor testified that prison wasn't good for mental health and got my bail granted with modified conditions,” he said."
"In January, Rob was forced to halt his Master’s degree by his university. In an email seen by The Feed, the university recommended Rob be placed on medical leave, out of concern for his mental health and the safety of the university community.
“Students and staff have found your communications harassing, and as a result they have felt unsafe,” the email reads.
Roose said there’s a need to educate those with incel beliefs, who are often tucked away in hidden online communities.
"A month after our initial chat, an urgent message from Rob pops up. He’s panicking.
Earlier that day, he says a nondescript black Land Cruiser had blocked his driveway. He says police yelled at him to lie face-down in the dirt.
They’d allegedly brought a sniffer dog - and a warrant to search for illegal firearms (Rob says he's banned from owning any). Rob suspects they were a mixture of state and federal officers.
“I got searched by feds recently, I'm going to leave Australia ASAP,” Rob messages.
When I asked South Australia Police about the alleged raid, they told me they couldn’t find anything in their records. To be fair, I couldn’t give them Rob’s last name, or his exact location – he’s been reluctant to give me more personal information.
Rob says the police left empty-handed, but he thinks this won’t be the last time he’ll be in be in trouble with the law.
“My future is in prison.”
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