Landwhales, femoids and sub-humans
Bogetić, Ksenija and Heritage, Frazer and Koller, Veronika and McGlashan, Mark (2023) Landwhales, femoids and sub-humans. Metaphor and the Social World, 13 (2). pp. 178-196. ISSN 2210-4070
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Abstract
Incels, or involuntary celibates, are a community of typically heterosexual young men who wish to, but do not, have sexual and romantic relationships with women. As a community, they have previously been characterised by their hatred for women and violent acts against members of society who they believe prevent them from having relations with women. In this paper, we highlight the pervasiveness of metaphor in incel communication, so far unaddressed in the budding studies of incel language. Specifically, using a sample of circa 22,500 words from the banned incel Reddit forum r/Braincels, we focus on how members of this community use metaphoric expressions to dehumanise gendered social actors, both as individuals and as groups. We discuss our findings against the backdrop of metaphor approaches to language, gender, and sexuality, and the relevance of dehumanising metaphorical rhetoric for online misogynist groups.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.23005.bog | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | dehumanising metaphors, gender and sexuality, incels, online community, social actors | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH19 - language and area studies > CAH19-01 - English studies > CAH19-01-01 - English studies (non-specific) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > School of English | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Gemma Tonks | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2024 11:55 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2024 11:55 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15261 |
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