Involuntary celibates, or “incels,” have received increased public attention in past years, likely as a result of media reports that link incels to incidents of mass violence. Although prior research has examined various elements of the online community, none have directly engaged with incels to understand the causes and effects of their inceldom. Using a hegemonic masculinity framework, this article analyzes data from interviews with incels (N = 10) to identify emergent themes about their situations, attitudes, and experiences. The data reveal that the participants feel that they 1) experience masculinity challenges that affect their romantic opportunities, 2) are marginalized or treated as “subhumans” due to their appearance or other characteristics, and as a result, 3) experience negative emotions related to their inceldom. This, in turn, affects their belief in the BlackPill and their online behavior such as shit-posting. Supported by interview data, these findings can highlight both the similarities and diversity of thought within the incel community while also examining the ways that hegemonic masculinity can lead to the marginalization of specific groups of men. As such, this study can inform future research about incels, suggesting that it should include continued interaction with members of the community and quantitative survey research about incels. Furthermore, it can outline and inform intervention strategies addressing the negative effects of gender hegemony that should be considered for individual approaches to inceldom.

过去几年，非自愿的独身者或“incels”受到越来越多的公众关注，这可能是因为媒体报道将 incels 与大规模暴力事件联系起来。尽管先前的研究已经检查了在线社区的各种元素，但没有人直接与 incels 接触以了解他们 inceldom 的原因和影响。本文使用霸权男性气质框架，分析了对 incels ( N = 10) 确定有关他们的情况、态度和经历的新兴主题。数据显示，参与者觉得他们 1) 经历影响他们浪漫机会的男性气质挑战，2) 由于他们的外表或其他特征而被边缘化或被视为“次等人”，因此，3) 经历与以下方面相关的负面情绪他们的独处。这反过来又会影响他们对 BlackPill 的信仰以及他们的在线行为，例如发布狗屎。在访谈数据的支持下，这些发现可以突出 incel 社区内思想的相似性和多样性，同时还检查霸权男性气质可能导致特定男性群体边缘化的方式。因此，这项研究可以为未来关于 incel 的研究提供信息，建议它应该包括与社区成员的持续互动和关于 incel 的定量调查研究。此外，它可以概述和告知解决性别霸权负面影响的干预策略，这些策略应该被考虑用于个人的inceldom方法。