RT Article
T1 Supreme Gentlemen: The Path of Radicalization for the Incel Community’s Lone Wolves
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 36
IS 6
SP 818
OP 833
A1 Miller, Samuel
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1898842175
AB Several men committed mass violence in the past decade because they believed women were denying them the sex they felt they deserved. In the wake of their attacks, investigators found references to an online community known as Incels in their manifestoes and social media posts. Members of this community typically adhere to misogynistic beliefs that deny women their autonomy, deride sexually active men, and condone violence against both. Using Hamm and Spaaij’s lone-wolf radicalization model, this article argues that the most violent members of the Incel community engaged in lone-wolf terrorism based upon their grievances with women. Furthermore, this article suggests that the influential impact of misogyny as a political element can contribute to lone-wolf terrorism. Accounting for these aspects will require modifications to the radicalization model that include factors such as domestic violence and misogyny.
K1 Masculinity
K1 Misogyny
K1 Radicalization
K1 lone-wolf
K1 Incels
DO 10.1080/09546553.2023.2202779