Secret lives of incels

DEEP DELVE INTO WORLD OF MEN WHO HAVE GIVEN UP HOPE OF LOVE

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THE hit Netflix drama Adolescence started a nationwide debate about the danger of incels.

Today, the subject of “involuntarily celibate” men sparks fierce debate, has inspired award-winning television and has even been raised in Parliament.

Now a bold new TV series, Lost Boys, Deadly Men, fronted by Ross Kemp, investigates the world of incels and the causes of violent misogyny.

Ross says: “In the UK, a woman is killed by a man every three days.

“In every tragic case I've looked at, the killers’ states of mind were extremely complex - their actions can’t just be attributed to what they watched on phones or TV.

“But they all had something in common: Their violence was fuelled by resentment.

“Many young men are being left behind in a world that doesn’t offer them the same status as previous generations, yet they're still being told that being men makes them privileged.”

The programme examines the case of Jake Davison, who held strong misogynistic views and murdered five people with a shotgun in Plymouth in 2021.

The case of Hassan Sentamu, who stabbed Elianne Andam to death in 2023, is also featured in the five-part series.

William Consello, who is studying evolutionary psychology at the University of Texas, conducted the largest ever study of incels and their ideology. The Irish academic says: “This is a group of men who have come to the conclusion they can never form sexual or romantic relationships.