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Plymouth woman infiltrates incel group after Keyham massacre
'Responsibility for violence against women lies solely with the perpetrators, but the solution requires a whole-society approach'
Journalist Katherine Denkinson joined an online incel forum which had more than 40,000 members from around the world.
Because members were allowed to remain anonymous they had no idea she was a woman.
But she discovered that most of the men on the forum were not necessarily women haters, or had extreme right wing leanings, but were instead “lost and lonely”.
Katherine has documented her research, gleaned from seven years of investigative work and interviews with incel men, in the newly published book Incel: The Weaponization of Misogyny.
The book, from River Light Press, is described as “must read for all those uncertain about what the continuous spread of incel values and ideologies might mean”.
It also looks at what can be done to “negate the very real, physical and psychological harm these online groups continue to perpetuate”.
Katherine said: “Their views are abhorrent and their behaviour sometimes lethal, but if we are to prevent further violence then the existence of incels needs to be fully understood as more than just the rantings of 'angry little men in the basement'.
“This book aims to do just that, presenting incels as three-dimensional human beings and encouraging the reader to forget every fear-mongering tabloid headline and online misinterpretation in favour of developing a real understanding of boys who get sucked into this harmful subculture."
She had become intrigued by the phenomenon of some men marrying anime characters, which led to her probing the incel culture.
She described it as initially a "positive community” but one which later became something very different.
“They do not realise how radicalised they have become.
“They start believing more extreme things, it’s a creep of ideology. But if they leave incel forums they go back to being lonely.”





