Understanding and Treating Incels
Case Studies, Guidance, and Treatment of Violence Risk in the Involuntary Celibate Community
Brian Van Brunt, Chris Taylor
- 282 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Understanding and Treating Incels
Case Studies, Guidance, and Treatment of Violence Risk in the Involuntary Celibate Community
Brian Van Brunt, Chris Taylor
About This Book
Understanding and Treating Incels is an indispensable guide for mental health clinical staff, social workers, prevention specialists, educators, and threat assessment professionals who want to better understand the involuntary celibate movement, assess individuals' potential for violence, and offer treatment approaches and prevention efforts.
Chapters explore the movement in terms of gender, technology, the media, and pornography usage. The book discusses how the incel mentality has motivated individuals to misogynistic worldviews and increased rage and disillusionment, and inspired acts of targeted violence such as school shootings and mass casualty events. Later chapters walk the reader through three cases studies and offer treatment considerations to assist mental health professionals and those developing education and prevention-based programming. The complete text gives the reader useful perspectives and insights into incel culture while offering mental health clinicians and educators guidance on treatment and prevention efforts.
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1To Be a Real Boy
Term | Meaning |
Alpha male | A bold, confident leader; the opposite of a beta |
AMOG | āAlpha male of groupā |
Becky | An average young woman, subordinate to a Stacy in looks and status |
Beta male | A weak man; the opposite of an alpha |
-Cel | This suffix can be used to define oneās subset within the incel community based on physical features, interests, race, or defining traits (e.g., a gingercel is an incel who has red hair) |
Chad | An ideal male specimen, Chads can attract nearly all women easily; ethnic counterparts are Tyrone (Black), Chaddam (Arab), Chadpreet (Indian), Chang (East Asian) |
Cuck | Short for cuckold, this is a man with an unfaithful wife/girlfriend; also used for men who are considered weak or servile and often used as a derogatory term for men with moderate or progressive views |
Femoid/foid | Demeaning term referring to women as less than human |
Incel/inkwell | Involuntarily celibate man; common subsets include: Baldcel: Bald or balding Currycel: Indian Clowncel: Identifies with and admires the Joker from Batman Fakecel: Pretending to be incel to be edgy or to fit in Framecel: A man with the bone structure of a young teen Gymcel: Believes he can compensate with muscles Heightcel/shortcel: A short man who is an incel because of his height Mentalcel/ medcel: Has psychological illnesses or medical issues Workcel: Too preoccupied with work for a relationship |
Noodlewhore | An Asian woman |
Normie | An average boring person, someone who is average in looks, between a Chad and an incel |
Soyboy | An effeminate, feminist or non-fighting man, with low athleticism; incels believe soy lowers testosterone |
Stacy | The female counterpoint to a Chad; the ideal woman who is out of reach for any non-Chad man |
Thot | A woman who has many casual sexual encounters |
Alienation and Depression
[the college] became a place of loneliness and despair, just like any other place Iāve attempted to thrive in. The breaking point was when I saw good looking couples walking along the area where I dreamed of walking with a girlfriend. To watch another boy experience it, with a beautiful girl who should be mine, was a living hell. I constantly asked myself what I did wrong in life, to be unable to have a beautiful girlfriend.(Rodger, 2014, p. 68)
I felt inferior whenever I saw other guys walking with beautiful girls. At the movie theatres, I felt just as pathetic about walking in there with a group of friends as I did years ago when I went to the movies with my parents ā¦ It was that pathetic feeling of not having a hot girlfriend on my arm while some other boys in the theatre did. What I truly wanted ā¦ what I truly NEEDED, was a girlfriend. I needed a girlās love. I needed to feel worthy as a male. For so long I have felt worthless, and itās all girlsā fault. No girl wanted to be my girlfriend.(Rodger, 2014, p. 95)