#gynocentrism

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Ross Kemp: So where does our fear of incels come from? Why am I so worried?

William Costello: I think the moral panic is kind of reaching a fever pitch at the moment in response to the success of the television program, the Netflix show, Adolescence.

Kemp: The wildly successful drama, which told the story of a 13-year-old incel killing a female classmate who had mocked him, was designed to start a conversation about growing misogyny in young men, but the fictional program caused some viewers to become confused and concerned.

Jordan Banjo: Because when they started going on about, like, emojis and what it actually means and this and that, I'll be the first one to look at my dad, who's like, what are you sending all these weird little pictures in your texts for? I'm like, he doesn't know what emojis mean. Apparently, neither do I.

Kemp: It was not attempting to be a precise and literal portrayal of incels, but in Westminster and the mainstream media, it was treated as a piece of factual television.

A: The minister and many colleagues in this place will be aware of the groundbreaking new Netflix program called Adolescence. It highlights online male radicalization and violence against girls. The creators of the show are calling for screenings in Parliament and schools to spark change.

Costello: So it was disconcerting for me as a researcher to see politicians kind of putting the TV show front and center in their policy discussions. But policy should be based around sober research rather than performance art, no matter how emotionally compelling that performance art is.

Kemp: What are the inaccuracies with Adolescence?

Costello: This idea of parents unwittingly raising a monster who spends too much time on their computer and is radicalized by what they see on their computer, that just hasn't really happened.

Kemp: This changes nothing about Davison's horrific actions, but if we want to stop young people from getting involved in hateful ideologies, how effective can we be if we don't have a proper understanding of what incels and other misogynistic groups actually are.

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Anyone else find it disturbing that they called a 13 year old boy an "incel"? If a 13 year old boy isn't celibate, something is very wrong.

Something to point out right from the start is that humans have evolved to prioritize the safety and wellbeing of women and girls. Obviously. This makes sense evolutionarily, but it creates an exploitable vulnerability. If you want to get your way as effortlessly and painlessly as possible, you can simply appeal to or create the idea that women and girls are in danger.

Also, women and girls are more susceptible to social media influence than are men and boys, as evidenced by the spread of social contagions such as "trans" identification and TikTok tics.

This makes sense when you understand that females are higher in social and moral conformity tendencies, which typically manifests as social policing through relational aggression and social exclusion, forcing women, far more than men, to accept and adopt the moral consensus of other women.

We see mental health and personal identity of girls more drastically influenced by social media than we do boys.