Incels, or involuntary celibates, are men online who believe that their inability to get laid is because of feminism and women being told they can be choosy with who they want to bone. They believe they are entitled to sex with women, and think they are victimized by women not choosing them - especially with the ease of access with dating apps like Tinder. Incels have a whole lexicon and ecosystem of belief, and while some people want to dig into why they act the way they do (psychologically/cognitively speaking), I do not believe we should lower our guard to accommodate them. This episode is pretty contrary to what many academics think about incels, but in my defense, I am a woman who has been targeted by five, and I do not have a single ounce of patience for letting people in this community off the hook for upholding violent hatred toward women - which, in some instances, leads to their deaths.

Intro song by Remmington Taylor [@rmmngtn]

SOURCES

• New York Magazine article about Chad plastic surgery: https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/incel-plastic-surgery.html#_ga=2.236068609.1099129.1686450914-1019612733.1678217377
• Want a good 35-min overview? WATCH THIS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2briZ6fB0
• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-rage-of-the-incels
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-a-new-home/202301/new-research-on-why-incels-hate-women
• Predictors of Radical Intentions among Incels: A Survey of 54 Self-identified Incels
• S Moskalenko, N Kates, JFG González, M Bloom - Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 2022
• https://unherd.com/2020/06/incels-could-become-the-new-vikings/
• https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-naama-kates-who?utm_source=direct&r=s2bqk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• https://msmagazine.com/2023/04/09/incel-violence-women-misogyny-white-supremacy-online/
• https://www.psypost.org/2023/06/new-study-identifies-sexual-frustration-as-a-significant-factor-in-mass-shootings-164391