An Exploration of the Involuntary Celibate (Incel) Subculture Online

Incels, a portmanteau of the term involuntary celibates, operate in online communities to discuss difficulties in attaining sexual relationships. Past reports have found that multiple elements of the incel culture are misogynistic and favorable towards violence. Further, several violent incidents ha...

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Vydané v:Journal of interpersonal violence Ročník 37; číslo 7-8; s. NP4981 - NP5008
Hlavní autori: O’Malley, Roberta Liggett, Holt, Karen, Holt, Thomas J.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2022
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Predmet:
Aggression
Celibacy
Community
Extremism
Female
Gender-Based Violence
Humans
Internet
Involuntary
Male
Marital Status
Masculinity
Oppression
Qualitative research
Radicalism
Sexual Abstinence - psychology
Sexual behavior
Subcultures
Violence
Women
extremism
masculinity
technology
subculture
violence
ISSN:0886-2605, 1552-6518, 1552-6518
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Shrnutí:Incels, a portmanteau of the term involuntary celibates, operate in online communities to discuss difficulties in attaining sexual relationships. Past reports have found that multiple elements of the incel culture are misogynistic and favorable towards violence. Further, several violent incidents have been linked to this community, which suggests that incel communities may resemble other ideologically motivated extremist groups. The current study employed an inductive qualitative analysis of over 8,000 posts made in two online incel communities to identify the norms, values, and beliefs of these groups from a subcultural perspective. Analyses found that the incel community was structured around five interrelated normative orders: the sexual market, women as naturally evil, legitimizing masculinity, male oppression, and violence. The implications of this analysis for our understanding of extremism and the role of the internet in radicalization to violence are considered in depth.
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ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260520959625