EVALUATION OF THE INCEL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF VULNERABLE NARCISSISM, REJECTION SENSITIVITY AND ANGER

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 2, 195 - 228, 08.12.2025

Haydeh Faraji , Ezgi Çıvgın

Öz

In recent years, a predominantly male group of people who identify as “incel”, who complain about celibacy and lack of sexual relations, have attracted considerable attention for their misogynistic online discourse and their links to a number of acts of violence motivated by hatred of women. The arguments they use to explain their anger often include references to undeserved rejection. These discourses, coupled with the fact that these individuals are mostly active on online platforms but avoidant in their daily lives, suggest that their vulnerable narcissistic traits may be at the forefront. Vulnerable narcissism is a subtype of narcissism characterized by defensiveness, avoidance, insecurity, hypersensitivity, low self-esteem, high anger and hostility. Rejection sensitivity is a state of being ready to feel unaccepted and overreacting to rejection and is closely related to vulnerable narcissism. In this regard, it is thought that the individuals who make up the incel community are essentially organized around narcissistic vulnerability and rejection sensitivity, and the aim of the current review study is to evaluate the incel community through vulnerable narcissism, rejection sensitivity and anger within the existing literature.

Anahtar Kelimeler

incel , vulnerable narcissism , rejection sensitivty , anger

İncel Hareketinin Kırılgan Narsisizm, Reddedilme Duyarlılığı ve Öfke Çerçevesinde Değerlendirilmesi

Öz

Son yıllarda, kendilerini "İncel" olarak tanımlayan bekarlık ve cinsel ilişki yokluğundan şikayetçi olan çoğunluğunu erkeklerin oluşturduğu grup kadın düşmanı çevrimiçi söylemleri ve kadın nefretinden kaynaklanan bir dizi şiddet eylemiyle olan bağları nedeniyle büyük dikkat çekmiştir. Bu kişilerin öfkelerini açıklarken kullandıkları argümanlarda sıklıkla reddedilmiş olmaya ve bunu hak etmemeye dair atıflar bulunmaktadır. Söz konusu söylemler, bu kişilerin çoğunlukla online platformlarda aktif olması ancak günlük yaşama dahil olmayan kaçıngan tutumlarıyla birleştiğinde kırılgan narsisistik özelliklerinin ön planda olabileceğine işaret etmektedir. Kırılgan narsisizm; savunuculuk, kaçınma, güvensizlik, aşırı duyarlılık, düşük benlik saygısı, yüksek öfke ve düşmanlık ile karakterize olan bir alt narsisizm türüdür. Reddedilme duyarlılığı, kabul edilmediğini düşünmeye hazır olma ve reddedilmeye karşı aşırı tepki gösterme durumu olup kırılgan narsisizm ile yakından ilişkilidir. Bu doğrultuda incel topluluğunu oluşturan bireylerin esasen narsisistik kırılganlık ve reddedilme duyarlılığı etrafında örgütlendiği düşünülmekte olup mevcut derleme çalışmasının amacını incel topluluğunun; kırılgan narsisizm, reddedilme duyarlılığı ve öfke duygusu üzerinden mevcut literatür dahilinde değerlendirilmesi oluşturmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

incel , kırılgan narsisizm , reddedilme duyarlılığı , öfke

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