Preston Kayla, Halpin Michael, Maguire Finlay
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Men Masc. 2021 Dec;24(5):823-841. doi: 10.1177/1097184X211017954. Epub 2021 May 18.
Involuntary celibates, or "incels," are people who identify themselves by their inability to establish sexual partnerships. In this article, we use analytic abduction to qualitatively analyze 9,062 comments on a popular incel forum for heterosexual men that is characterized by extensive misogyny. Incels argue that emerging technologies reveal and compound the gender practices that produce involuntarily celibate men. First, incels argue that women's use of dating apps accelerates hypergamy. Second, incels suggest that highly desirable men use dating apps to partner with multiple women. Third, incels assert that subordinate men inflate women's egos and their "sexual marketplace value" through social media platforms. We argue that incels' focus on technology reinforces essentialist views on gender, buttresses male domination, dehumanizes women, and minimizes incels' own misogyny. We discuss findings in relation to theories of masculinity and social scientific research on the impacts of emerging technology.
非自愿独身者，即“单身狗”，是那些因无法建立性伴侣关系而自我认同的人。在本文中，我们运用分析性溯因法对一个以广泛存在厌女症为特征的热门异性恋男性“单身狗”论坛上的9062条评论进行定性分析。“单身狗”们认为，新兴技术揭示并加剧了导致男性非自愿独身的性别行为。首先，“单身狗”们认为女性使用约会应用程序加速了攀高枝行为。其次，“单身狗”们认为极具吸引力的男性利用约会应用程序与多名女性交往。第三，“单身狗”们断言地位较低的男性通过社交媒体平台抬高了女性的自尊心及其“性市场价值”。我们认为，“单身狗”们对技术的关注强化了本质主义的性别观念，巩固了男性的主导地位，将女性非人化，并淡化了“单身狗”自身的厌女症。我们结合男性气质理论和关于新兴技术影响的社会科学研究来讨论研究结果。
