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Terrorism Definitions Exclude Gender, Neglecting Incel Extremism: Study​

Nov 1, 2022

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Incel — or ‘involuntary celibate’ — ideology is massively popular online, incel characters are standouts in cinema, and on the ground, incels have been responsible for some of the most extreme instances of violence in recent times. Despite their omnipresence, however, instances of incel violence are often downplayed as isolated, lone-wolf incidents instead of being recognized as part of a larger collective movement. New research published last month in the journal Violence Against Women highlights how current definitions of gender-based violence and terrorism fail to identify the extent of the dangers of the incel movement.

While the incel movement originated from a perceived denial of sex, Esli Chan, who authored the current study, highlights in their study how the current scope of the incel movement has moved beyond simply sexual entitlement. It’s no longer about individuals being owed sex – it’s about deepening the patriarchal social structure to reinforce male dominance.

Chan writes, “Existing literature and institutional definitions of online gender-based violence focus on the sexualization of harm or cyberbullying of young women; however, this study demonstrates that emerging forms of online gender-based violence are not always sexual and are rooted in fundamental beliefs that seek to establish gendered dominance.” In her research on incel forums and subreddits, Chan observed large prevalence of posts speaking about gender roles and male supremacy, features which are often missed in current definitions of online harassment of women.

Incels — or involuntary celebates — are a global community of (mostly) men united by the internet, holding the shared belief that the refusal of women to share sexual intimacy with them is an oppression against men. Chan notes in her research, “Incels combine an entitlement to sex with self-deprecation and perceptions of victimization by women… perceive masculinity as superior, difficult to earn, and often challenged… believe that women’s refusal to grant sexual intimacy to certain men is a threat and form of oppression against men.”

While the incel community largely operates through online media, physical manifestations of incel ideology have resulted in some horrific incidents in the last few years. In 2021, Jake Davison, a 22-year-old incel, was involved in a mass shooting in Plymouth, USA, that claimed five lives. In 2018, Alek Minassian of Toronto killed ten pedestrians — eight of them women — by driving a van through them. Even earlier, in 2014, sexually frustrated Elliott Rodger of Santa Barbara went on a shooting spree, killing six people and wounding fourteen more. Chan notes in her research how online forums revere Rodger as “Saint Elliott.” Minassian hailed him as the “Supreme Gentleman.”

The online sphere also has seen a manifold increase in the rise of violence tendencies among incels in the last few years. A report in The Guardian notes that in 2016 incel forums on average clocked around 112 instances of the use of violent misogynistic terms alongside action words such as “stab”, “punch”, “shoot”, or “attack” daily. In 2022, that number has risen to 849. Thus the increasing violence of the incel community is a growing threat to society and must be recognized as terrorism.

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Chan also highlights how current definitions and frameworks in understanding and predicting terrorism and extremism do not identify violent incel attacks as acts of terrorism or extremism. She identifies two reasons for it.
One, academic research on the incel movement as well as on gender-based violence are largely confined to the online space. Hence, the general understanding is that incels largely operate online, which leads to instances of physical incel violence being downplayed. Chan writes, “incel actors that act on violence against women are largely supported and emboldened by their online communities. The dismissal of online networks in connection to physical violence by lone-wolf actors minimizes the patterns of systemic violence against women.”
Two, current understandings of terrorism seldom identify the cause of establishing a gender hegemony as an ideology. The incel movement is globalized, but its ideology is tinged with white supremacy and religious bias, according to Chan. Predominantly white people who enact violence “are labeled as individual aggravated actors, or ‘lone wolves,’ and held to a lesser offense,” writes Chan.
Hence, while popular understanding of incels identifies the dangers of their ideology, in the legal sphere the existing frameworks are inadequate. They often fail to identify incel attacks as acts of terrorism or extremism, and they fail to classify online incel behavior as hate-speech and gender-based violence. The current study highlights the significance of identifying the incel movement as an extremist ideology.
It is important to note here that while it is necessary to identify the incel ideology as a terrorist movement, it is also equally imperative to recognize the overlaps between incel beliefs and other political movements. Identifying movements congruent with the incel ideology can help navigate political spaces better. Globally, inceldom as an ideological thought is far more prevalent in right-wing circles. Belief in a gendered society and striving for a male-hegemonic order also happen to be highlights of several conservative societies worldwide, hence incels are often popular figures among conservatives. In India, this could be seen in the “sulli deals” and “bulli bai” controversies, where people identifying as “Trads” — far-right “traditional” Hindus — organized bets on online photos of Muslim women. Similarly, ideologues who preach sympathy for incels, like Jordan Peterson, have a popular fanbase among right-wing circles. This is not to say that incels are exclusively right-wing. Sexist men and men’s rights movements exist in all political wings.
Incel radicalization is spreading rapidly, making both online and offline spaces increasingly unsafe for women and other genders. Identifying their ideology to its true extent can be the first step in tackling it.

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tl;dr ; incels are terrorists
got it
 
Is any shooting by a man not done by an inbred nigger now counted as "terrorism"? :ping:
 
JFL, and again with this Incel "movement" and incel "ideology". Fucking retards
 
Terrorism means it is done for political purposes. “Incel killings” don’t fall under that.
 
Despite their omnipresence, however, instances of incel violence are often downplayed as isolated, lone-wolf incidents instead of being recognized as part of a larger collective movement.
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ALLAHU... Akbar. Allahu... Akbar.
 
Allahu Akbar then her lights got off
 
Typical curry from the shittiest state of curryland trying into get into global politics by spouting socially acceptable nonsense.
 
JFL, and again with this Incel "movement" and incel "ideology". Fucking retards
These mischaracterizations are intentional. These hit piece writers know full well what they're doing. They have (((orders))) to present lonely, virgin and sexless, disenfranchised males in society as existential threats to steer focus and attention from the real threats to society, such as feminism and the campaign to emasculate and systematically neuter masculinity.

Being a man - a hot-blooded, sex-seeking, aggressive and assertive male - is framed as "toxic masculinity." It's a moral crime (according to society) to be a man and carry yourself as such. That's why these psyops like metoo and trannyism are so prevalent. The elites want the average man to be a submissive, subservient cuck, who does as he's told and is basically castrated in terms of social power and status.
 
These mischaracterizations are intentional. These hit piece writers know full well what they're doing. They have (((orders))) to present lonely, virgin and sexless, disenfranchised males in society as existential threats to steer focus and attention from the real threats to society, such as feminism and the campaign to emasculate and systematically neuter masculinity.

Being a man - a hot-blooded, sex-seeking, aggressive and assertive male - is framed as "toxic masculinity." It's a moral crime (according to society) to be a man and carry yourself as such. That's why these psyops like metoo and trannyism are so prevalent. The elites want the average man to be a submissive, subservient cuck, who does as he's told and is basically castrated in terms of social power and status.
High IQ
 
These mischaracterizations are intentional. These hit piece writers know full well what they're doing. They have (((orders))) to present lonely, virgin and sexless, disenfranchised males in society as existential threats to steer focus and attention from the real threats to society, such as feminism and the campaign to emasculate and systematically neuter masculinity.

Being a man - a hot-blooded, sex-seeking, aggressive and assertive male - is framed as "toxic masculinity." It's a moral crime (according to society) to be a man and carry yourself as such. That's why these psyops like metoo and trannyism are so prevalent. The elites want the average man to be a submissive, subservient cuck, who does as he's told and is basically castrated in terms of social power and status.
took the words out of my mouth. our very existence is a complete and utter rebuke of jewish progressivism. after all, if women and gay liberation is so good, why are the majority of men alone and depressed?
 
took the words out of my mouth. our very existence is a complete and utter rebuke of jewish progressivism. after all, if women and gay liberation is so good, why are the majority of men alone and depressed?
Saw a brand new hit piece just today. I won't link it to give them any more clicks, but you can take snippets and search it if you want the source. Note the language they keep reusing in these propaganda pieces. "Ideology," "incel movement," "indoctrination," "virulent misogyny." And now they want to pathologize inceldom.

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Incels are men who feel they are ‘involuntarily celibate’ and blame women for their lack of sexual and/or romantic success. Despite psychological research delving into the incel phenomenon, we still struggle to address the root causes behind why so many young men are drawn to this dangerous and destructive movement.

Here are two insights that can help us put this issue in perspective and effectively dissuade young men from falling into the incel trap or other related movements such as mens’ rights activism (MRAs), men who go their own way (MGTOWs), and father’s rights groups.

#1. Young men who subscribe to the incel movement tend to be marginalized​

In a 2022 interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, Jordan Peterson, a controversial Canadian psychologist, was asked if he considers himself the ‘intellectual hero’ of the incel community.

Peterson replied, “It’s very difficult to understand how demoralized people are, and certainly, many young men are in that category. They don’t know how to make themselves attractive to women who tend to be picky, and rightly so. But these men are lonesome, and everyone piles abuse on them.”

A recent study published in Current Psychology found that incels experience more loneliness and less social support than non-incel men. This is associated with multiple mental health and relational issues. When these lonely men find an online community that seems to ‘understand’ them by virtue of shared experiences, they flock to it for a sense of belonging and fail to see how toxic it actually is.

At the core of the incel community is a sense of inferiority and sexual and romantic insignificance, which manifests itself in the form of hatred toward women, who they believe are directly responsible for their issues. Once they are indoctrinated into the ideology of the community, a herd mentality kicks in, and they cannot break out of the chains of virulent misogyny, leading to further marginalization.

To address this, it is vital to re-examine how we, as a society, treat those who may feel unattractive or otherwise unseen by the opposite gender. The widespread mocking, bullying, meme-ifying, and othering of those who are lonely needs to be curbed – and a supportive approach towards self-improvement needs to become the norm.

This is not to say that everyone who feels marginalized turns to toxic communities for support. The incel community tends to attract people with certain pre-existing psychopathologies, which leads to the next point:

#2. Incels often struggle with serious, unaddressed mental health conditions​

A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine found that men who scored high on incel traits were also likely to be depressed, anxious, and paranoid individuals. Moreover, the same men were found to be more likely (compared to those who scored low on incel traits) to possess a fearful attachment style. The study also found that scoring high on scales measuring paranoia, depression, and a fearful attachment style could predict the emergence of incel traits.

In one interview, the lead author of the study, Dr. Giacomo Ciocca, said, “Health professional operators and psychologists should be trained to assess eventual deviant incel subjects.”

Recognizing incel-like attitudes in people who come to therapy with romance-linked depressive, anxious, or paranoid symptoms may hold the key to tackling the growth of the toxic subculture. Once indoctrinated, incels are unlikely to respond easily to therapeutic intervention, which they may see as a means to control them and subjugate them into becoming docile “beta” males.

The study also found that a secure attachment style could potentially protect individuals who may score high on paranoia and depression from subscribing to an incel mindset.

Conclusion​

The incel community is a socially deviant group of men who struggle with mental health issues. Prior to joining the movement, these men are likely to have been marginalized and they view the community as an uplifting one without realizing that they are digging themselves deeper into a pit of toxicity, unattractiveness, and despair. Greater investment in preventative mental health – i.e., providing counseling, support, and resources for marginalized individuals – is the best way to stay in front of the issue.
 
Incels aren’t terrorist

THEY ARE POTENTIAL TERRORIST

A lot of guys who are fighting for ISIS are college educated, so why are they not out there making more money than the average person but instead fighting for some religious “terror” state.

Because unlike Western Wage Slavery, fighting for ISIS can actually practically guarantee you with a woman.
 

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