The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women

Sugiura, Lisa

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“…As can be seen from the key search words in the Appendix, the first and most striking finding is the relative absence of certain key words associated with the more vehement and violent aspects of Men’s Rights Activism, terms such as cuck, edgelord, and soyboy (Ging, 2017; Jones et al, 2020; Marwick & Caplan, 2018; Sugiura, 2019; White, 2019). These terms are deliberately insulting, provocative, aggressive, and bullying.…”

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Constructing narratives of masculinity: Online followers of Jordan B. Peterson.

Nesbitt‐Larking¹

2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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Grounded in theorizations of the challenges associated with performing masculinities in the late modern era, and the tensions between nativist/populist reclamations of masculinity and contemporary feminisms, the article examines how young men learn their masculinities. In an analysis of the followers of an online Reddit site devoted to Canadian psychologist, Jordan Peterson, the core objective of the article is heuristic: To map typical narratives and discourses of emerging masculinity among those searching for meaning and identity. Through a narrative political psychological approach using thematic analysis, four themes are identified and illustrated: the attentive acolyte, the angry brother, the abandoned son, and the admiring student. Public Significance StatementA narrative psychological analysis of the online identities of mostly young male followers and fans of celebrity psychologist, Professor Jordan B. Peterson. Using thematic analysis, followers may be classified into four major themes: attentive acolytes, angry brothers, abandoned sons, and admiring students. The absence of clear male role models and the challenges of feminism constitute the setting for this in-depth assessment of the ideals, concerns, and aspirations of young men.

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Constructing narratives of masculinity: Online followers of Jordan B. Peterson.

Nesbitt‐Larking¹

2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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“…The Incels share the problems of relating to women with MGTOWs; however, in contrast to many of the latter's voluntary renunciation of engaging in sexual relations with women, the frustration of the Incels stems specifically from the difficulty in establishing romantic relationships. These "blackpillers" represent the extreme, symbolic, and systemic attitude of hatred of women (Sugiura, 2021), a result of their low self-esteem and physical complexes, so they embody better than any other subculture the character of the "otherless other" that Johanssen (2022) used to describe misogynists. "Incels are the (violent) manifestation of a new social order where sexuality and intimacy are signs of status and even social membership" (Illouz, 2020, p. 311), notes sociologist Eva Illouz in her celebrated The End of Love: A Sociology of Negative Relations.…”

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“…Since then, the media, institutions, and academia have issued warnings about the expansion of the Manosphere -the virtual space through which misogynistic messages circulate and are perpetuated-and this ecosystem's influence in the real world, which has become a real threat (Ebner, 2021). Research carried out to date underlines the powerful appeal that masculinist communities have for both adult men, disillusioned with the expectations created by neoliberalism, and young men, weighed down by their own insecurities (Banet-Weiser, 2018;Bujalka;Rich;Bender, 2022;Sugiura, 2021;Van-Valkenburgh, 2021;Vingelli, 2019). It also highlights the similarity between anti-feminist communities and far-right ideology, with which they share a misleading and all-encompassing notion of masculinity (Bazzano, 2022 2022), this article aims to deepen the understanding of a phenomenon that is still in an initial phase of study in Spain by analyzing misogynistic messages on one of the most popular forums: Burbuja.info.…”

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Misogyny and the construction of toxic masculinity in the Spanish Manosphere (Burbuja.info)

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Vicent-Ibáñez

2023

EPI

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The anonymity of the Manosphere has provided a fertile breeding ground for the spread of misogyny through increased hate speech on the Internet. In recent years, this virtual space composed mostly of men, has been the subject of numerous studies aimed at identifying the discursive mechanisms of identity constructions that underlie the denigration of women. This paper takes the findings from international research on the subject to address a phenomenon still little explored in Spain through the analysis of misogynistic comments on Burbuja.info. Economic forum. The analysis sample comprises 4,281 messages that include the lexeme “woman” posted over 2.5 years, 761 of which contain expressions that ridicule, disparage, or insult women. Thematic analysis demonstrates the repetition of misogynistic topics and tropes common in the most radical Reddit and 4chan subforums, such as hypergamy, objectification, and the constant disparagement of the world of women, not to mention criticism of feminism, left-wing political parties, and legislation on gender violence. The results obtained show that the “male identity crisis” is narratively constructed in the messages on Burbuja.info using the motif of sacrifice –the cornerstone of a monotypic story in which the purpose of the hero-man-victim’s journey is to punish the villain-woman. Furthermore, we also found that there are different configurations of identity related to attitudes toward women; these match up with the four most prominent masculinist subcultures identified in the leading literature on the subject: Men Rights activists (MRA), Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), Pickup Artists (PUA), and Involuntary Celibates (Incels).

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“…When seeking identity and subcultural resistance, individuals might move between different groups that seem to offer what they need (Cohen 1995), engaging with mainstream social media as well as exclusive incel spaces, and participating in multiple groups online (Sugiura 2021). This can make it difficult to distinguish incels from other manosphere actors seeking to reassert traditional gender roles, who share ideologies, language and online spaces (Ging 2017;Waśniewska 2020;Wright, Trott, and Jones 2020).…”

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The Symbolic Boundary Work of Incels: Subcultural Negotiation of Meaning and Identity Online

Andersen

2022

Deviant Behavior

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This article explores the boundary work of incels (involuntary celibates), to counter negative media coverage and online ridicule. Attempting to claim rational status, incels have created alternative information channels that reframe their situation of involuntary celibacy as a legitimate life circumstance. I examine the symbolic boundaries within the incel subculture, using the Incel Wikipedia page as a specialized encyclopedia for their online milieu. After describing the incel worldview and subcultural identity, I analyze how incels engage in boundary work to differentiate and solidify their statuscategorizing themselves and other people. The article draws on theories of narrative and cultural criminology to present how incels negotiate their identity by establishing symbolic boundaries that exclude out-groups such as women, sexually successful men, and mainstream society. It concludes by considering how boundaries within the in-group are based on degrees of inceldom, gender, and violent actors. As a site of resistance, the boundary work of the incel wiki reveals how the social incel identity is formed and given meaning by contrast to symbolic others. I argue that narrative and cultural criminology can help us unravel the online ecosystem by analyzing the negotiation of external and internal subcultural boundaries.

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The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women

Cited by 25 publications

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Constructing narratives of masculinity: Online followers of Jordan B. Peterson.

Constructing narratives of masculinity: Online followers of Jordan B. Peterson.

Misogyny and the construction of toxic masculinity in the Spanish Manosphere (Burbuja.info)

The Symbolic Boundary Work of Incels: Subcultural Negotiation of Meaning and Identity Online

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