Dictionary

femceldom en · NOUN

Etymology

From femcel + -dom.

Meanings

1. (neologism, uncountable, usually) The state of being a femcel.
   • Traditional’ and ‘aesthetic’ femceldoms seem to emblematise two distinctive social tendencies – on one hand, the abjection and humiliation of ‘failing’ within a heteropatriarchal sexual ‘marketplace’ (where women are widely assumed to have all the advantages), and on the other, the ironic performance of femceldom, which is aligned with a ‘sad girl’ aesthetic, disappointment in heterosexuality and a particular kind of feminised dissociation. 2024, Jacob Johanssen, Jilly Boyce Kay, “From femcels to 'femcelcore': Women’s involuntary celibacy and the rise of heteronihilism”, in European Journal of Cultural Studies:
   • Femcels engage in discussions of race with each other and bond of their shared experiences of race and how this might related to their femceldom. 2023 May 1, Madeline Bobo, “Femcels: Where are the Women in the Incelosphere? An Exploratory Content Analysis of Femcel Forums”, in Georgia State University (thesis), →DOI, page 27:
   • Interestingly, the denial of femceldom as a genuine state has parallels with the ways in which gendered assumptions about autism have led to a massive under-diagnosis of women and girls with autism. 2021, Jilly Boyce Kay, “Abject desires in the age of anger: Incels, femcels and the gender politics of unfuckability”, in Diane Negra, Mary Harrod, Suzanne Leonard, editors, Imagining "We" in the Age of "I": Romance and Social Bonding in Contemporary Culture, unnumbered page:

Forms

Hypernyms

inceldom

Relateds

femdom