Introduction The recognition of misogyny as a motivating ideology for far-right mobilisation and acts of mass violence has been slow to evolve. Even as there has been a growth in attention to far-right movements and parties in Europe and the United States, this has primarily focused on racist and xenophobic ideology. Since 2018, however, this has…
“Incel” ideology (coined by men who identify as “involuntarily celibate”) has gained recent traction within male supremacist online forums, centering the belief that men are entitled to sexual access to women. Since 2014, there have been six successful acts of mass violence in the United States and Canada in some way connected to incel ideology. Alex DiBranco and IRMS co-founder Megan Kelly will host a webinar on February 26th at 1pm EST/10am PST to discuss…
From the release of Toronto mass killer Alek Minassian’s police interview, to the U.S. Army warning of the potential for violence at Joker screenings, to Reddit’s decision to ban r/braincels for violating the platform’s new anti-harassment policy, the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS) launches during a period of increased attention to the misogynist “involuntarily celibate,” or “incel,” movement. “Incel” is a term of self-identification used by men who believe that they have been…