Netflix Dizisi Adolescence (2025) Bağlamında Incel ve Red Pill Akımlarının Kurgusal Temsili

Year 2025, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 590 - 613, 15.10.2025

Meltem İşler Sevindi , Atilla Akalın

https://doi.org/10.18094/josc.1699644

Abstract

Incel (istemsiz bekâr) ve Red Pill akımları, çevrimiçi platformlarda özellikle genç erkekler arasında yaygınlaşan ve toplumsal cinsiyet dinamiklerini etkileyen yeni sosyal oluşumlardır. Bu makale, bu akımların popüler kültürdeki yansımalarını incelemek üzere Netflix’in 2025 yapımı Adolescence (Ergenlik) adlı mini dizisini vaka incelemesi olarak ele almaktadır. Çalışmada, dizinin dört bölümü nitel içerik analizi ve söylem çözümlemesi yöntemleriyle incelenmiş; incel söylemleri ve Red Pill retoriğinin kurgudaki temsillerini ortaya çıkarmak amacıyla temalar ve kavramlar kodlanmıştır. Analiz sonucunda, dizide ergenlik çağındaki bir erkek karakterin maruz kaldığı siber zorbalık ve toplumsal dışlanmanın, incel hareketine özgü kolektif hınç ve şiddet söylemlerine evrildiği görülmüştür. Buna karşılık, Red Pill görüşünü savunan söylemlerin anlatıya daha dolaylı ve ılımlı bir biçimde dâhil olduğu saptanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular beş temel tema etrafında toplanmıştır: toplumsal dışlanma ve kolektif hınç, modern erkeklik ve cinsiyet temelli öfke, reddedilme ve intikam döngüsü olarak şiddet, ailevi ihmâl ve dijital radikalleşme, sorumluluk ve yüzleşme. Bu temalar aracılığıyla dizi, incel ideolojisinin ergenlik dönemindeki yıkıcı etkilerini ve Red Pill perspektifinin görece daha yapıcı duruşunu gözler önüne sermektedir. Sonuç olarak, çalışma bulguları ergenlikte yaşanan dışlanma ve aşağılanma deneyimlerinin basit bir “gençlik sorunu” olmaktan öte, dijital çağda radikal toplumsal cinsiyet ideolojilerini besleyen ciddi dinamikler olabileceğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Incel , Red Pill , Ergenlik Psikolojisi , Siber Zorbalık , Toplumsal Dışlanma

The Fictional Portrayal of Incel and Red Pill Movements in the 2025 Netflix Series Adolescence

Abstract

Incel (involuntary celibate) and Red Pill social movements have emerged as influential online subcultures that shape gender dynamics and identity formation among young males. This article examines the fictional portrayal of these movements through a case study of the Netflix mini-series Adolescence (2025). The four episodes of the series are analyzed using qualitative content analysis and discourse analysis techniques, coding key concepts and themes to uncover how incel discourse and Red Pill rhetoric are represented in the narrative. The analysis reveals that the teenage protagonist’s experiences of cyberbullying and social exclusion evolve into a collective resentment and violence characteristic of incel ideology; in contrast, Red Pill narratives appear more indirectly and moderately throughout the storyline. Five main themes are identified: social exclusion and collective resentment, modern masculinity and gendered anger, rejection and the revenge-driven cycle of violence, familial neglect and digital radicalization, and responsibility and confrontation. Through these thematic lenses, the series vividly illustrates the destructive impact of incel ideology on an adolescent and highlights the comparatively constructive stance of the Red Pill perspective. The findings suggest that experiences of humiliation and marginalization during adolescence are not merely “teenage woes” but can fuel radical gender-based ideologies in the digital age.

Keywords

Incel , Red Pill , Adolescent Psychology , Cyberbullying , Social Exclusion

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