Radicalization or relief: Divergent impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on incels by seniority
Published online on May 20, 2025
Abstract
New Media & Society, Volume 28, Issue 6, Page 2443-2464, June 2026.
Incels (involuntary celibates) base their identity on the inability to form romantic relationships. We conceptualize the ideology promoted by incels as misogynist extremism and explore the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on the radicalization of ...
Incels (involuntary celibates) base their identity on the inability to form romantic relationships. We conceptualize the ideology promoted by incels as misogynist extremism and explore the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on the radicalization of ...