ABSTRACT

The term “incel” is a portmanteau of the words “involuntary” and “celibate,” and incels as a group represent a new emergent Internet subculture. Often, they’ve been connected to viewpoints and language that promote toxic masculinity, while encouraging violence against women and minorities. Previous research has often highlighted incels’ views on women and the language used to perpetuate their antifeminist viewpoints and ideology. However, little research has been produced on how incels view themselves and other men. This research uses popular conversations from various incel message boards to qualitatively analyze the discourses incels use to convey the stratification of doing gender within their subculture. Incels use sex as a central metaphor to convey ideas about how power and resources should be distributed in society. Findings suggest that incels use a complex “interpretive repertoire” to describe a gendered spectrum of political agency.

摘要

“incel”一词是“非自愿”和“独身”这两个词的组合，作为一个群体的 incels 代表了一种新兴的互联网亚文化。通常，他们与宣扬有毒男子气概的观点和语言有关，同时鼓励对妇女和少数族裔的暴力行为。以前的研究经常强调 incels 对女性的看法以及用来延续其反女权主义观点和意识形态的语言。然而，很少有关于 incels 如何看待自己和其他男人的研究。这项研究使用来自各种 incel 留言板的流行对话来定性地分析 incel 用来传达其亚文化中的性别分层的话语。Incels 使用性作为中心隐喻来传达关于如何在社会中分配权力和资源的想法。