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5 - Buying the Blackpill

Perceived Exclusion and the Psychology of Incels

from Part I - The Link between Exclusion and Extremism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Gregory J. Rousis  and
William B. Swann
Edited by
Michaela Pfundmair ,
Andrew H. Hales  and
Kipling D. Williams
Michaela Pfundmair
Affiliation:
Federal University of Administrative Sciences, Germany
Andrew H. Hales
Affiliation:
University of Mississippi
Kipling D. Williams
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Indiana
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Summary

Involuntary celibates (“incels”) are men who desire romantic or sexual partners but purportedly cannot attain them. Their ideology – the Blackpill – holds that their exclusion from successful romantic and sexual relationships is due almost entirely to their relative unattractiveness. Furthermore, the consequences of being an unattractive man bleed over into other aspects of their lives, marring their interpersonal relationships, job prospects, and overall well-being. Blaming women as the chief architects of their unhappiness, incels sometimes commit mass acts of violent retribution. In this chapter, we explicate the incel ideology; explore the interrelated phenomena of social exclusion, self-verification, and identity fusion among incels; describe who incels are; and provide a framework for de-fusing incels from the group.

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social exclusionself-verificationidentity fusionincelsdefusion
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Exclusion and Extremism
A Psychological Perspective
 , pp. 97 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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