incels
Adolescence is a technical masterpiece that exposes the darkest corners of incel culture and male rage
April 29, 2025VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Examining the Online Posting Behaviors and Trajectories of Incel Forum Members
April 29, 2025VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Where do ‘mixed, unclear, and unstable’ ideologies come from? A data-driven answer centred on the incelosphere
April 25, 2025In Europe and North America, an increasing proportion of individuals who are referred to de-radicalization programmes, arrested for terrorism offences, or involved in politically motivated violence, present a ‘mixed, unclear, and unstable’ (MUU) ideological profile instead of holding a single, clear and coherent extremist belief system. Where do these composite and often inconsistent ideological constructs ...
Guns, Incels, and Algorithms: Where We Are on Managing Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online
April 25, 2025This paper argues that companies’ efforts to deal with TVEC have been hampered at the outset by a tendency to define TVEC extremely narrowly. Still, only a tiny proportion of content that could reasonably be categorized as TVEC is included in most definitions. An outsized focus on pre-identified Islamic extremists and terrorist groups means that ...
Examining the Online Posting Behaviors and Trajectories of Incel Forum Members
January 23, 2025Involuntary celibates, or incels, have been of heightened interest to scholars and practitioners due to their ongoing engagement in misogynistic and violent discourse. The incel subculture is complex, requiring unique strategies to develop effective interventions. The present study investigates patterns in incels’ online posting behaviors and whether acceptance of subcultural beliefs is reflected in variations of ...
Visual Methods for Sensitive Images: Ethics and Reflexivity in Criminology On/Offline
January 23, 2025This chapter addresses the impact and discomfort of researching extremist digital subcultures. It provides reflections about the visual and personal dimension from two researchers investigating online extremist far-right and incel content, using memes as a case study. Through visually stimulating images, humor, and narratives, memes can normalize and desensitize extremism and violence, not only for ...
Exiting the Manosphere. A Gendered Analysis of Radicalization, Diversion and Deradicalization Narratives from r/IncelExit and r/ExRedPill
December 5, 2024The growth of the online ‘manosphere’ has raised significant concerns regarding the movement’s highly misogynistic discourses and related lone offender attacks perpetrated by incels. This article employs a digital ethnography approach to examine r/IncelExit and r/ExRedPill, two forums dedicated to assisting individuals leave the manosphere. Utilizing a gendered perspective, this study delves into narratives from ...
Beyond Western Misogyny: A growing incel movement in Turkey?
November 27, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Predicting harm among incels (involuntary celibates): the roles of mental health, ideological belief and social networking
October 25, 2024Incels are a sub-culture community of men who forge a sense of identity around their perceived inability to form sexual or romantic relationships. In recent years, there has been a small, but growing, number of violent attacks that have been attributed to individuals who identify as incels. The purpose of this study was to use ...