“A Supreme Gentleman”: An analysis of the conceptual relationship between incel ideology and violence
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hofmann, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hyslop-Margison, Caitlin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-11T14:41:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-11T14:41:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Acts of incel-related violence have increased in prevalence over the past decade, and scholars and security experts have identified these acts as a threat to public safety. This thesis conceptualizes incel-related violence as a form of ideologically-motivated violent extremism, and thus seeks to understand how incels conceptualize violence. In order to accomplish this, I conduct quantitative content analysis of discussions of violence on an incel forum in order to identify statistically significant relationships between violence and a variety of themes and concepts. I then further explore these salient themes through four case studies. Through this process, I identify three major themes in incels’ discussions of violence: misogyny and racism, emotional suffering, and entitlement and weaponized subordination. This research emphasizes the need to explore incel-related violence as a hate-motivated phenomenon and to develop intervention programs aimed at challenging and preventing the spread of incel ideology at individual and community levels. | |
| dc.description.copyright | © Caitlin Hyslop-Margison, 2023 | |
| dc.format.extent | ix, 110 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37751 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.relation | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Sociology | |
| dc.title | “A Supreme Gentleman”: An analysis of the conceptual relationship between incel ideology and violence | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | other | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Sociology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. |