I felt like a eunuch: conversations with ex incels.

Smith, David

Abstract

This study aims to find out what draws young men to incel communities. What does the incel social identity mean to them? Why/how do former incels leave their communities? Were their emotional needs met by incel communities? Seven members of digital ex-incel support groups took place in this study. Participants were interviewed about their experiences in incel communities, about their life before, on leaving and changes since and what they got out of it.

Citation

SMITH, D. 2022. I felt like a eunuch: conversations with ex incels. Presented at 2022 British Psychological Society (BPS) Aberdeen hub live networking, 11 April 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: 2022 British Psychological Society (BPS) Aberdeen hub live networking
• Conference Location: Aberdeen, UK
• Start Date: Apr 11, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 29, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 29, 2022
• Keywords: Incels; Involuntary celibates; Socially inhibited; Online subculture
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1640798