Facteurs affectifs dans l'entrée des personnes autistes dans la manosphère : une perspective autiste sur le camouflage et l'optimisme cruel

Titre original en anglais : Affective Factors in Autistic Manosphere Entry: An Autistic Perspective on Masking and Cruel Optimism

Cette publication est incluse dans le projet « Contributions académiques de personnes autistes sur l’autisme ». un auteur·ice de cette publication est identifié·e comme autiste dans le projet.

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Etherington, J. (2026). Affective Factors in Autistic Manosphere Entry: An Autistic Perspective on Masking and Cruel Optimism. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/25739581261421861

Publication date: 19/02/2026 Ajout dans AutiHub: 16/09/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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Résumé

Un examen des recherches sur la radicalisation des personnes autistes montre une préoccupation pour l'entrée directe dans les communautés incel et blackpill, négligeant le début de la radicalisation par l'engagement avec des contenus de la manosphère. Cet article combine la théorie des affects, en particulier le concept d'« optimisme cruel » de Berlant, la théorie de l'ordre de genre de Connell, la littérature récente sur les expériences sensorielles autistes et la stigmatisation des personnes autistes afin de soutenir que les hommes et les garçons autistes sont motivés à rechercher des instructions sur la masculinité afin d'éviter les préjudices mentaux et physiques associés à ladite stigmatisation. Ce contenu prétendument instructif intègre au contraire des attachements cruellement optimistes à l'incarnation masculine hégémonique avec des attachements préexistants à la performance neurotypique. En outre, les épistémologies capacitistes intériorisées inhérentes aux performances de camouflage s'intègrent tout aussi facilement à la rhétorique hyperindividualiste et essentialiste de la manosphère. Comme le contenu de la manosphère repose sur la mise en évidence des insécurités masculines et, par extension, neurotypiques, ces instructions échoueront inévitablement à produire l'acceptation sociétale et la sécurité émotionnelle intérieure que recherchent les spectateurs. Les sentiments négatifs issus de ces contradictions sont redirigés vers la société dominante et les femmes par la rhétorique de la manosphère. Cela crée une situation dans laquelle le sujet est incité à s'isoler davantage au sein de communautés antiféminines, le rendant vulnérable à une radicalisation accrue au sein des sous-cultures incel et blackpill. Cet article propose une perspective nouvelle sur la manière dont le besoin perçu d'intégrer la performance masculine hégémonique au camouflage autiste constitue un vecteur de radicalisation par l'intermédiaire de la manosphère.

An examination of research on autistic radicalization shows a preoccupation with direct entry into incel and blackpill communities, missing the beginning of radicalization via engagement with manosphere content. This article combines affect theory, particularly Berlant’s concept of ‘cruel optimism’, Connell’s gender order theory, recent literature on autistic sensory experiences, and autistic stigma to make the case that autistic men and boys are motivated to seek out masculine instruction to avoid the mental and physical harms associated with said stigmatization. This purportedly instructive content instead integrates cruelly optimistic attachments to hegemonic masculine embodiment with preexisting attachments to neurotypical performance. Furthermore, the internalized ableist epistemologies inherent in masking performances are likewise easily integrated with hyper-individualist and essentialist manosphere rhetoric. As manosphere content is predicated upon highlighting masculine, and by extension, neurotypical insecurities, these instructions will inevitably fail to result in the societal acceptance and internal emotional security that viewers seek. The negative feelings from these contradictions are redirected out onto mainstream society and women by manosphere rhetoric. This creates a situation where the subject is incentivized to further isolate themselves within anti-feminine communities, leaving them vulnerable to further radicalization into incel and blackpill subcultures. This article provides a novel perspective on how the perceived need to integrate hegemonic masculine performance into autistic camouflage represents a vector for radicalization via the manosphere.

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129
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454
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454
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114 / 454 (25,1 %) noms sont associés à un·e auteurice déjà présent·e dans AutiHub. 340 / 454 (74,9 %) noms ne sont pas encore associés.
Noms associés à une personne identifiée comme autiste
14 / 454 (3,1 %)
Calculé sur l’ensemble des noms d’auteurices détectés dans la bibliographie citée. Parmi les noms associés à un·e auteurice déjà présent·e dans AutiHub : 14 / 114 (12,3 %). Personnes distinctes identifiées comme autistes : 10 / 417 (2,4 %).
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