'Incelos', alpha males and other (worrying) species

One of the first executive orders Trump signed on Inauguration Day was titled: “Defending Women from Gender Extremism and Returning Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” An analysis of the title should make us wonder why it is assumed that only women should be defended from such (and perverse) ideology. But what interests me is that a topic linked to feminism is so important that it ends up being part of the concerns of the first day of the government of a US president. Something is moving, and perhaps in a dangerous direction.

A few days ago, Andreu Claret, in an article entitled "The revenge of men", spoke of the fear that some have that "women will take over the world." I found his approach very interesting and would like to link it with my reading of the cyber community (because it is generated, lives and grows in the networks) of the incilos and of the alpha males.

Incel It is an acronym for English involuntary celibacy, that is to say involuntary celibacy, situation in which men seem to find themselves who cannot find a partner because of the "excessive" demands of women. As for alpha male, would designate the excellence of masculinity in a very daring transposition of the relational dynamics of some animals. Both subcultures are part of the manosphere, that is, the set of communities that have "men's issues" as a common interest.

The pages of these communities are proliferating more and more on the networks. The first time I saw one, which arrived on my wall due to some strange algorithmic mystery, I recovered from the scare and worried about those contents that were at once wild, naive and pathetic, I decided to delve a little deeper into the subject.

I discovered, among other things, that in 2018 Alek Minassian wrote on his Facebook wall "the rebellion incel It has begun!" a few hours before killing ten people in Toronto and injuring sixteen more with his van. Against whom was this rebellion that bordered on terrorism directed? Above all, against women who do not strictly comply with patriarchal mandates, but also against men. simp either beta, those who have accepted the current changes in the social construction of femininity. Their anger is unleashed against women who work, against those who have studies and a good salary, something that the readers of these pages usually do not have. incilos Women are accused of demanding too much and only wanting men's money, an accusation that contradicts their obsession with assuming the role of provider. They are especially accused of hypergamy, that is, of always looking for a man with greater purchasing power and of a higher class than them, which makes them not want to accept dates with gentlemen who are not as favored. And here one of the most dangerous aspects of this discourse emerges: it is understood that women must accept a date with the man who proposes it to them, whether they like it or not. It is sad that in the 21st century Marcela's magnificent speech in Don Quixote is still discussed. This extraordinary character of Cervantes, when accused of having caused the death of a suitor with his disdain, states: "I was born free". This is what incilos, alpha males and other disturbed masculinities cannot be admitted.

Deep down, these predominantly North American and Latin American male communities reject all the advances of feminism over the last 200 years and sexually experienced women, insult single mothers, hate women who work because if they have their own money they "don't obey" and they don't even notice that and all the anti-woke, they no longer accept it.

At the same time, pages that call themselves "social media" are also proliferating on the networks. high value women, heavily made up and surgically retouched, who advise the girls on how to get a supplier as wellhigh value, not a wretch who can only invite you to a coffee. Both phenomena, those of the alpha males and that of the hyperfeminized, they feed off each other and are a serious symptom of a social and cultural malaise in relation to gender roles that should begin to worry us.

In short, these pages show a sad catalogue of masculinities that note the loss of patriarchal privileges and rebel against these "new women" who endanger them. A phrase taken from one of these pages sums it up very well: "We lost so many things... And we are going to lose more." Maybe it's all here.