Essays about: "Incel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word Incel.

  1. 1. The Portrayal of Incel Violence : A Thematical Comparative Case Study of US and Swedish Media’s Presentation on Incel Attacks

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Amanda Nordberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Incel; media; extremism; masculinity crisis; gender-based terrorism;

    Abstract : The research conducted in this thesis will focus on incels’ violence, the media coverage of it, and incels’ debatable connection to extremism. Using a comparative case study on incel violence enables an examination of how media presents the coverage, identifying similarities, differences, and patterns from a transnational perspective by analyzing news articles from two selected newspapers in the US and two newspapers from Sweden over a specific period. READ MORE

  3. 2. To What Extent Have Incels been Recognized as a Threat in Need of Securitization? : In the Case of the United States, Canada and Europe

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Melissa Jonsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Incels; Securitization; Involuntary Celibates; Security; Logic of Routine;

    Abstract : Involuntary celibates (Incels) are an online community of men who struggle to find sexual and romantic relationships. Some members of the Incel community have increasingly become extreme misogynists and have committed lethal attacks across North America and Europe in response to their sexual frustration and loneliness. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Rise of the Incel Violence: A Feminist Exploration of How Incels and Incel Violence are Framed in American Counterterrorism Policies and Strategies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tove Linderoth; [2023]
    Keywords : incel involuntary celibate ; incel violence; misogyny; feminist security; counterterrorism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent years incel (involuntary celibate) perpetuated violence has escalated in the United States. Incels are motivated by deeply rooted misogynistic assumptions, which dehumanises women and promotes degradation and violence towards the group. READ MORE

  5. 4. “If Men Acted Like Women Do, There Would Be Riots in the Streets” : Personalized and Collective Action Framing in the Incelopshere

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ebba Wallin Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Incels; Online movement; Contentious action networks; Frame analysis; Connective action; Antifeminism;

    Abstract : In recent years, several high-profile acts of violence linked to the virtual incelosphere have sparked public concern and scholarly interest. Yet, scant attention has been paid to whether these perpetrators can be understood as lone-wolf attackers or as members of a collective. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Lack of Love : The Sacred and the Suffering Experiences of Female Involuntary Celibates

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Maria Brix Rasmussen; [2023]
    Keywords : femcel; Forever Alone Women; FAW; incel; involuntary celibacy; love; online environment; online community; lookism; objectively ugliness; Reddit; Discord; phenomenology; orientation; ethnology; ethnography;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the reality of female involuntary celibates. To understand how the identification of being a female involuntary celibate has developed online in a shared online environment, I explore the experiences from women who identify as femcels and women who identity as forever alone women. READ MORE