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This lecture considers the nexus of youthful masculinity and far right discourse in Australia. It constitutes a gendered reflection on data collected from a range of men for an Australian Research Council Discovery-funded research project titled Far Right in Australia: Intellectuals, Masculinity and Citizenship. In the data, digitally-networked younger informants frequently articulated the discourse of white male victimhood. They felt stigmatised for being white. They were nostalgic for the idealised traditional gender roles of a previous generation; feeling that young women had gained so much while they, as young men, had lost out. They expressed conservative attitudes on contentious socio-political issues and reported relatively high levels of stress. Exploring the concept of aggrieved entitlement, Professor Nilan will discuss the project findings, supplemented by examples from far-right groups in Australia that specifically target young (white) men for recruitment.