CAN TOXIC MASCULINITIES BE DE-RADICALISED?: MAPPING THE DYNAMICS AND SPREAD OF INCEL IDEOLOGY ONLINE

In recent years, male supremacist and anti-women formations have become increasingly prevalent online. particular, considerable attention has been focused on the incel (involuntary celibate) community due to a number of high-profile mass killings in United States, Canada and, more recently, UK. Incel ideology is misogynistic formation, whose proponents blame women for their lack sexual activity. It operates broader virtual space manosphere, loose conglomerate online communities spread across various digital platforms, which are united antipathy toward feminism, belief evolutionary psychology adherence Red Pill (a process enlightenment, whereby one comes understand world as liberal feminist conspiracy that disadvantages men). This research tracks dynamic pathways by spreads within communities, platforms geographical spaces, with view better understanding processes radicalization, including ‘algorithmic radicalization.’ We also explore interplay between alt-right rhetoric. Understanding contagion dynamics extremist ideas - how such circulate, gain new audiences, morph into ones crucial researchers, educators, security practitioners: However, theoretical practical ideologies lacking. only these ‘pilling pipelines’ (Ging Murphy 2021) effective interventions can be developed, whether educational, technological, legal or platform-governance-related.