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#853 - Dr Andrew Thomas - Should We Be Worried About Incel Violence?

2024/10/19
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Chris Willx: 本期节目邀请了Andrew Thomas博士,探讨了关于自愿独身者(Incels)的社会问题。Thomas博士分享了其团队在议会发表的关于Incels的研究,旨在纠正公众误解,并为政策制定提供参考。 Andrew Thomas: 研究表明,Incels群体并非铁板一块,其成员在种族、政治立场、对暴力的态度等方面存在差异。一部分Incels具有左倾的政治倾向,但一小部分人持有右倾的极端观点并可能支持暴力行为。对Incels的研究应从心理健康角度出发,因为研究发现心理健康状况与极端厌女思想之间存在双向关系。改善心理健康可能有助于减少极端厌女思想,这为干预措施提供了新的方向。然而,单纯关注心理健康也存在争议,一些人认为这可能会为暴力行为开脱。但重要的是,我们应该尝试各种方法来减少厌女症和痛苦。 此外,Incels群体内部存在一种“逆向认知行为疗法”,他们互相鼓励强化消极想法,这使得改变他们的观念变得更加困难。 Incels群体中存在“表演性对抗”现象,他们可能会故意发表极端言论以激怒他人,这加剧了公众对他们的误解。 对Incels的刻板印象,例如认为他们都是年轻、右翼、白人男性,是不准确的。事实上,Incels群体在种族和政治观点方面存在多样性。 Incels的暴力行为远不如人们想象的普遍,许多所谓的“自愿独身者”暴力事件的动机存疑。 一些学者将Incels暴力行为归因于心理健康问题和孤独感,这种观点缺乏解释力,并且可能对暴力行为者表示不应有的同情。 将Incels贴上“暴力怪物”的标签只会加剧他们的困境,并强化他们对社会排斥的感受。 Andrew Thomas: 关于男性与女性治疗师的经历,一些男性客户认为女性治疗师在伴侣治疗中偏袒女性一方,缺乏对男性在恋爱关系中困境的同理心,甚至将问题归咎于男性的‘有毒的男性气质’或缺乏女权意识形态。然而,研究表明治疗师的性别并不影响治疗效果,关键在于治疗师是否能够保持客观和同理心。

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Dr. Andrew Thomas discusses his experience at the Houses of Parliament and the research on incels, focusing on whether they should be viewed from a mental health perspective and why there isn't more incel violence.
  • Incel research funded by the Centre for Countering Extremism.
  • Mental health and ideology have a bi-directional relationship.
  • Supporting mental health might reduce incel ideology.

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Dr Andrew Thomas is a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University and a writer.

The topic of involuntarily celibates is a spicy one. Half of the internet fears them and the other half pities them, very few have researched about why these communities come together and who constitutes them. Andrew's new work looks at this in fascinating detail.

Expect to learn whether incels should be looked at from a mental health perspective, why there isn't more incel violence, what the word Himpathy means, whether incels are all sexually entitled, what Andrew has learned about men’s experiences with female therapists and much more...

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