Five Things We Need to Learn About Incel Extremism: Issues, Challenges and Avenues for Fresh Research

Hart, Gavin; Huber, Antoinette Raffaela

doi:10.1080/1057610x.2023.2195067

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“…Relatively little research into incel communities has directly recruited men who are or have been incels. This omission is crucial since they may be best placed to comment on factors that could have prevented them from joining, and their insights could educate others who may be drawn to inceldom (Hart & Huber, 2023). It is also helpful to differentiate between the sociocultural factors pushing men towards inceldom and the psychological processes characterizing their engagement.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While members would not argue that any group is superior, subgroups' inferiority is often qualified by race, making the uncritical reproduction of innate hierarchies a part of inceldom (DeCook & Kelly, 2021). The question of how familiar racist tropes are on incel forums, and their relationship with online sections of the far right, remains an open question (Hart & Huber, 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An early example from 1997, Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project, provided a mailing list for users to support each other and overcome barriers such as shyness (Sugiura, 2021). However, current incel discourses have moved the cause of celibacy from the self to feminist modernity, so their groups are overwhelmingly characterized by deep mistrust/dislike of women (Daly & Reed, 2022;Hart & Huber, 2023;Menzie, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“Even though I’m not an incel, I’m still an involuntary celibate”: A journey in and out of inceldom.

Smith,

Butler-Warke,

Stevens

2024

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Incels, or involuntary celibates, represent a sub-section of the manopshere: an informal confederacy of digital communities in which men construct and strengthen anti-feminist/male hegemonic narratives. Inceldom represents a beta masculine identity, with members placing themselves at the bottom of an apparent natural hierarchy of masculinity. Bonded by a shared perception of their sexual inferiority and marginalization, incels are depressed by the perceived permanence of their low status. In extreme cases, this philosophy has been linked to acts of violence and murder. The present study asks how these communities attract young men and perpetuate themselves. It also asks how they can be supported to leave. We conducted in-depth interviews with nine ex-incels to study why they joined incel communities, stayed in them, and later left. We identify six key themes, representing key stages across their journey in and out of inceldom: i) involuntary celibacy without inceldom; ii) “fucked by the world”; iii) failing with women/failing at life; iv) a safe space; v) leaving: a process, not an event; and vi) residue. Each is defined and discussed. Combined, they chart a composite trajectory for many young men who may be vulnerable to radicalization.

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confidence: 99%