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Hidden Tragedies of the Self: the Stalemate of Involuntary Celibacy
This article attempts to understand the meaning-making of inceldom using dialogical self theory and semiotics while giving a view into the world of...
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Levels of Well-Being Among Men Who Are Incel (Involuntarily Celibate)
Incels (involuntary celibates) are a subculture community of men who build their identity around their perceived inability to form sexual or romantic...
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One is the loneliest number: Involuntary celibacy (incel), mental health, and loneliness
Incels—a ragtag collection of young males who have rallied around their shared experience of romantic rejection—have slowly emerged as an online...
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Femcel Discussions of Sex, Frustration, Power, and Revenge
Although male incels have received a great deal of scholarly attention in recent years, there has been almost no research on femcels (involuntarily...
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Celibacy: Exploring Diverse Perspectives of Embracing Solitude
Celibacy on one hand is known for sexual abstinence and on the other hand extends beyond physical realm, also known as path for solitude and...
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Underground Anti-woman and Incel Movements and Their Connections to Sexual Assault
Anti-woman movements online are growing in influence and entering the mainstream over time. A loosely related coalition of far-right, anti-feminist...
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Loss of Semen and Mental Health: Indigenous and Contemporary Perspectives
Semen is globally revered as an important body fluid with historical and psychosocial implications. Therefore, its loss is a major concern and...
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“I Think Most of Society Hates Us”: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Interviews with Incels
Involuntary celibates, or “incels,” have received increased public attention in past years, likely as a result of media reports that link incels to...
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Castration for Pleasure: Exploring Extreme Castration Ideations in Fiction
The Eunuch Archive (EA) is an online community which includes individuals who read and write sexual fantasies with themes related to castration and...
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The Unmanliness of Ostracism: The Role of Masculine Gender Role Stress and Intimate Partner Violence in Men’s Mental Health
Given the high risk that intimate partner violence poses to its victims, understanding factors which predict its enactment is critical. In the...
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Introduction: Feminist Theorizing on Power, Gender, and Psychology
Feminists have long argued that, under patriarchy, power is the key to understanding gender. Yet power has historically been under-theorized in...
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Let’s Talk About Single Men: A Qualitative Investigation of Never Married Men’s Experiences of Singlehood
Existing research on singlehood has largely focused on the experiences of single women, and little is known about singlehood among men. The current...
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Pornography Is Not the Answer (It Isn’t Even the Right Question …): Reflections from Practice in Tackling Sexual Harassment and Harmful Sexualised Behaviours in Response to Everyone’s Invited and the Online Safety Bill
This chapter reflects on the issues of sexual harassment and harmful sexualised behaviours in schools, as highlighted by the Everyone’s Invited...
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Violence Risk Assessment in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
The relationship between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the risk for violence is not well understood, despite sensationalistic news reports....
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Collective self-understanding: A linguistic style analysis of naturally occurring text data
Understanding what groups stand for is integral to a diverse array of social processes, ranging from understanding political conflicts to...
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Human Sexuality and Psychology in Indigenous Perspective: An Introduction
This chapter explores meaning and key topics in psychology of sexuality, history and related perspectives in indigenous sexuality writings,...
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The Grievance Dictionary: Understanding threatening language use
This paper introduces the Grievance Dictionary, a psycholinguistic dictionary that can be used to automatically understand language use in the...
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The Emotions in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: Personality, Emotion and Motivation in Social Relations and Activity
This article conceptualizes human emotion as formed within the cultural and historical development of each individual within their society, using...