A new Secret Service report released on Tuesday details the growing threat of violent attacks toward women from men who call themselves "involuntary celibates," or "incels." The 26-page report was ...

Jack Peterson once sought out the incel community as a struggling teen. A new BBC documentary is getting a lot of attention for exposing a disturbing part of the “Incel” community, a subculture ...

Jake Davison made YouTube videos for the 'incel' community before shooting five people in Plymouth then turning the gun on himself - PA It should have been a joyful day spent shopping for clothes and ...

Incel began as a term for the ache of not being chosen —an ache that, for many young men, has become defining. The birth of 'incel' In the late 1990s, a Canadian woman known only as Alana created ...

The term “incel” is everywhere. What was once a niche piece of internet slang now populates international headlines and is a frequent topic in discussions about gender, misogyny, violence and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Incels catch a bad rap in the media because of the actions of the loudest ...

Ten years ago, using language from the incel community in regular conversation would land you with a couple of weird looks and an awkward silence. And for good reason: the hyper-online, seemingly ...

Researchers have identified three characteristics that might predict a future "incel." According to a study published this month in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, incels share the traits of ...

The incel (or “involuntarily celibate”) community has never been a particularly supportive or amicable one. Whatever nasty remark you could level at men who spend their days seething that “stuck-up” ...

The term hardened: incel began to describe a threat. Today, it refers to a loosely connected online subculture of young men who see themselves as romantically excluded, blame women or society for ...