Unwanted celibacy is associated with misogynistic attitudes even after controlling for personality

Grunau, K, Bieselt, HE, Gul, P and Kupfer, TR ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-6082, 2022. Unwanted celibacy is associated with misogynistic attitudes even after controlling for personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 199: 111860. ISSN 0191-8869

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Abstract

In recent years, involuntary celibates who identify as "Incels" have received considerable public attention because of their misogynistic online discourse and their tie to a string of violent acts motivated by hatred of women. Yet, surprisingly no prior quantitative research has examined whether unwanted celibacy-a subjective psychological experience characteristic of, but not exclusive, to Incels-is associated with misogynistic attitudes among men. The current study (N = 349 men) collected self-report data from a convenience sample of Incel and non-Incel men to investigate whether the degree of unwanted celibacy is associated with misogynistic attitudes. Unwanted celibacy was positively associated with hostile attitudes towards women, sexual objectification and rape myths, even after controlling for personality traits such as agreeableness. These novel quantitative results indicate that unwanted celibacy is an important psychological risk factor for misogynistic attitudes.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Personality and Individual Differences
Creators:	Grunau, K., Bieselt, H.E., Gul, P. and Kupfer, T.R.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	December 2022
Volume:	199
ISSN:	0191-8869
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111860 DOI 2366665 Other
Rights:	© 2022 the authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	04 Feb 2025 14:52
Last Modified:	04 Feb 2025 14:52
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52972

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