Incels What's the Solve?
Dec 3, 2025
Katie Greer, CEO of KL Greer Consulting, is a digital safety educator who focuses on keeping families safe online. In a compelling discussion, she highlights the subtle yet alarming shifts in young men's behavior in toxic online spaces. Greer emphasizes the importance of early tech conversations with kids and shares actionable advice for parents to engage in their children's online lives. She warns about the fragility of content filters and advocates for individualized device rules, all while stressing the need for monitoring and open dialogue to prevent isolation and radicalization.
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Predators Monetize Hurt And Blame
- Predators exploit lonely, lost young men by offering simple fixes and feeding their hurt for profit.
- That messaging reframes the problem as women’s fault and sells hypersexual solutions that deepen isolation.
Client's Online Descent Into Inceldom
- Wheezy met a college-aged client online and watched him shift from earnest fitness questions to misogynistic rhetoric over months.
- Within about six months his language and personality changed as he adopted podcast catchphrases and hostile beliefs.
Language Changes Signal Radical Shift
- Early signs include new harsher language, adoption of an unfamiliar worldview, and loss of self-accountability.
- Those shifts are red flags that should prompt intervention before they normalize into identity.