@article{article_1641045, title={A Feminist and Masculinist Perspective on Incel Culture}, journal={4. BOYUT Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi}, pages={146–158}, year={2025}, DOI={10.26650/4boyut.2025.1641045}, author={Akpınar, Mustafa Eren}, keywords={İncel Kültür, Feminizm, Maskülizm, Toplumsal Cinsiyet, İstemsiz Bekar}, abstract={In recent years, incel culture (involuntary celibate) has become an important social issue, attracting widespread attention and debate on social media and traditional media channels. The intense impact of social media and the interaction between feminist and masculinist perspectives has led to polarised reactions, with both criticism and support from feminist and masculinist perspectives. Its increasing visibility and controversial nature make it necessary to explain it more clearly in social contexts and to examine it in depth at the academic level. In this context, the study aims to examine the origins, social effects and areas where the culture of incel comes to the fore. Drawing on different theoretical frameworks, this study analyzes how this phenomenon is perceived, discussed, reproduced and shaped by different groups. The research starts with a literature review to provide a theoretical foundation on the main concepts such as incel culture, feminism and masculinism, followed by a discourse analysis method to examine and understand how social media users create and construct discourses on incel culture and how they approach this culture. This study identifies trends in the public interest and supportive and critical responses to incel culture. It attempts to contextualise incel culture to understand how it influences and is influenced by broader social processes. The challenges and implications of this cultural phenomenon are addressed, deconstructed and explained, with various recommendations aimed at producing a conclusion.}, number={26}, publisher={İstanbul Üniversitesi}