- Jan122023Esli Chan
Offline and Online Gender-Based Violence: Extremism Risk Assessment Tools and the Rise of the Incel Rebellion
in InsightsIntroduction In recent years, there have been increasing instances of online hate and gender-based violence against women. Reports of involuntary…
- Dec032022Gurpreet Kaur
Incel Extremism in India: A View from the Global South
This Insight was originally posted on 25 August 2022, and is being reposted as part of GNET’s Gender and Online…
- Nov092022Brenna Helm
The Role of Perceived Injustice and Need for Esteem on Incel Membership Online
in InsightsIntroduction Incels, or involuntary celibates, is an increasingly popular subculture of men nestled within the online misogynist and male supremacist…
- Aug232022Gurpreet Kaur
Incel Extremism in India: A View from the Global South
in InsightsContent warning: this Insight contains descriptions of sexual violence. Introduction Over the years, violent crimes against women have been reported…
- Aug152022Maeve Park
Understanding The Incel Experience Online
in InsightsIncel, short for ‘involuntarily celibate’, is self-identification used exclusively by cis-gender, straight males who congregate exclusively in online spaces, and…
- Jul132022Simon Purdue
Ideological Nihilism and Aesthetic Violence: Mass Shooters and Online Antisocial Subcultures
in InsightsThe Highland Park shooter’s online footprint has seen a lot of scrutiny in the week since his attack, and rightly…
- May232022Brenna Helm
Examining Incel Subculture on Reddit
in InsightsThe online presence of incels, or involuntary celibates, has been an increasing security concern for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in…
- Jan272022Erica Barbarossa
Understanding Accelerationist Narratives: Involuntary Celibacy
“If we can’t solve our problems we must DESTROY our problems…One day incels will realise their true strength and numbers,…
- Jan242022Maddie Cannon
Assessing Misogyny as a ‘Gateway Drug’ into Violent Extremism
in InsightsResearchers and practitioners in the field of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) have in recent years placed an increasing…
- Jan122022Jacob Johanssen
Incels and Securitisation: Between Fantasy and Reality
in InsightsThe horrific shooting in Plymouth by Jake Davison in August 2021 has led to an ongoing discussion about incels, what…
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