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Spent four years among incels

For four years, criminologist Jan Christoffer Andersen has been trying to understand the incel subculture from within. His doctoral research shows how incels follow a subcultural logic that rewards misogyny and suffering that degrades women and rewards suffering.

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Jan Christoffer Andersen

When romance becomes financial exploitation

“Online romance scams and fraud involve relational and psychological exploitation,” says researcher Maja Feng. She likens the phenomenon to domestic violence and intimate partner violence.

Eldre kvinne med bøyd hode foran pc'n

The most read articles in 2025

An article on Knausgård, masculinity and "My Struggle" was Kilden magazine's most read article in 2025. The other most read articles cover a variety of issues: from angel healing to Ruth Reese and anti-racism in Norway.

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Equality research in the Arctic overlooks local conditions

There are major socio-cultural differences between the north and south, according to researcher Mervi Heikkinen. Many students in Northern Sweden, Norway and Finland are the first in their family to pursue higher education.

Mervi Heikkinen, forsker ved Universitetet i Oulu i Finland

Fewer young women want children

The average age of first-time mothers continues to rise. This may help explain why the percentage of young women wanting to have children has fallen from 2019 to 2022, according to Sara Cools.

Godt voksen kvinne ligger med sovende baby på brystet

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  • Sound focus on health or eating disorder in disguise?

    According to Norwegian fitness bloggers, the ideal female body is supposed to be slim, muscular, feminine and strong. However, the eating and workout regimes they promote are so strict, that even the bloggers themselves almost fail to follow them.

  • Why women's football isn't real football

    The female body is not suited for real football, according to debaters in the online debate forum of Norway's biggest tabloid newspaper. Why is football the only sport in which women’s performance is constantly compared to men’s?

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  • The women's cancer nobody talks about

    They’re thrown into menopause in their twenties, lose the possibility to have biological children, and struggle with their sex life. But they don't talk about it. For while breast cancer is business, pink ribbons and celebrities - gynecological cancer is still taboo.

  • Sound focus on health or eating disorder in disguise?

    According to Norwegian fitness bloggers, the ideal female body is supposed to be slim, muscular, feminine and strong. However, the eating and workout regimes they promote are so strict, that even the bloggers themselves almost fail to follow them.

  • Men's violence against women: Not only a question of power

    The majority of men who use violence against their partner struggle with serious mental health issues. We need to look at more than just the power relations between the sexes in order to understand and prevent domestic violence, says researcher.