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If misogyny was a factor, is Toronto rampage a terrorist act against women?

April 27, 2018Women & Gender

As more details emerge about the possible motives of the accused killer, particularly his alleged connection to the misogynist movement known as incel, could he face charges under Canadian law for gender-based terrorism?

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