{"id":19124,"date":"2024-06-19T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianobtf.com\/?p=19124"},"modified":"2024-06-26T08:24:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:24:35","slug":"what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-this-term-problematic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianobtf.com\/en\/what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-this-term-problematic\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a &#8220;Gymcel&#8221;? And Why Is This Term Problematic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0.5 juice:pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-6 w-6 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full juice:h-8 juice:w-8\">The incel culture is as complex as it is bewildering. The term, short for &#8220;involuntarily celibate,&#8221; gained notoriety through its adoption by a subsection of the manosphere \u2013 a collection of movements united by misogyny. These subcultures, often depicting the worst aspects of masculinity, include men&#8217;s rights activists, pickup artists, and MGTOW\/Vocels (heterosexual men who refuse sexual relationships with women for political reasons). But wait, it gets worse. As if the aggressive &#8220;gym bro&#8221; culture wasn&#8217;t enough, enter the &#8220;gymcels.&#8221; Brace yourself for the cringe.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"8c286710-7bea-4486-bc32-09a14edc41b7\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianobtf.com\/en\/what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-this-term-problematic\/#What_is_a_%E2%80%9CGymcel%E2%80%9D\" >What is a &#8220;Gymcel&#8221;?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianobtf.com\/en\/what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-this-term-problematic\/#Why_is_the_term_%E2%80%9CGymcel%E2%80%9D_so_problematic\" >Why is the term &#8220;Gymcel&#8221; so problematic?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianobtf.com\/en\/what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-this-term-problematic\/#Gymcel_Trends_on_TikTok_and_Their_Impact\" >Gymcel Trends on TikTok and Their Impact<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianobtf.com\/en\/what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-this-term-problematic\/#What_Is_Gym_Culture_Supposed_to_Be\" >What Is Gym Culture Supposed to Be?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_%E2%80%9CGymcel%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>What is a &#8220;Gymcel&#8221;?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;gymcel&#8221; is a new category to add to the growing list of misogynistic subcultures, predominantly found online. According to Urban Dictionary, a gymcel is &#8220;a man who takes the gym too seriously and usually has nothing to show for his efforts. &#8216;Cel&#8217; is associated with &#8216;incel,&#8217; referring to someone who cannot have sexual relations. Gymcels often spend countless hours and weekends at the gym hoping to improve their physique to attract women when in reality, the only issue is their face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Like incels, gymcels are subject to ridicule by society at large. Gymcels, in particular, face abuse from the bodybuilding community. Bodybuilding.com, the most popular internet forum for amateur and professional bodybuilders, hosts numerous threads about this small but very real gymcel community.<\/p>\n<p>Gymcels are mocked primarily for their clumsy attempts to attract women through weightlifting. One user explained that &#8220;most gymcels are gymcels because they&#8217;re clumsy, insecure, and generally lack personality,&#8221; while another labels them as &#8220;prisoners of narcissism and insecurity.&#8221; Some in the bodybuilding community have begun calling gymcels &#8220;copecels&#8221; \u2013 men who, despite all their efforts to seek love or sex through physical improvement, continue to be hindered by their inferior genetics (such as height or bone structure).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_the_term_%E2%80%9CGymcel%E2%80%9D_so_problematic\"><\/span>Why is the term &#8220;Gymcel&#8221; so problematic?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The negativity surrounding the term &#8220;gymcel&#8221; and the concept itself is problematic for the bodybuilding and fitness industry. Associating the pursuit of female approval or the desperate avoidance of insecurities with gym culture is toxic for innocent fitness enthusiasts. But it&#8217;s happening fast. Sam West, a regular user of Bodybuilding.com and a self-proclaimed &#8220;former gymcel,&#8221; told MEL Magazine: &#8220;People posting this on these forums and on Reddit might think they&#8217;re funny, but what they&#8217;re saying is also damaging.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>West further explains how &#8220;the forum can be a toxic place. A lot of young guys come here because they want advice on their fitness. Instead, they&#8217;re exposed to all this garbage about being weak and pathetic if they haven&#8217;t succeeded in having sex.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The gymcel subreddit, a community that once had around 350 active members but has since been banned from the platform for violating community rules, was once a fertile ground for incel ideology fueled by the gym. Much of the incel community believes that political ideas like feminism and progressivism have given women too much power and consequently undermined their ability to date, have sex, or marry the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>To top it all off, the problematic nature of gymcel culture has repercussions beyond spin classes and toxic gym culture. It perpetuates the manosphere narrative that encourages misogyny and attacks feminism as not only acceptable but something that should be encouraged. Zoe Williams of The Guardian went as far as describing incel ideology as a movement that <strong>&#8220;targets and terrorizes women.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>To Read :<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.fataleseduction.com\/the-relationship-between-sport-and-love-life-myth-or-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Relationship between Sport and Love Life: Myth or Reality?<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Williams also points out that the man accused of carrying out the Toronto van attack, which killed 10 people in 2018, had alleged ties to online incel communities. She concluded: &#8220;The language they use may seem absurd, but the threat they pose can be deadly.&#8221; Often, online communities can be overlooked in their tangible danger. And that&#8217;s understandable, it&#8217;s easy to think that exploring online trends, especially communities like incelism that stereotypically reside on the fringes of society, will have no impact on their behavior. But as Williams highlighted, underestimating these exact communities is what makes them so dangerously alarming.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gymcel_Trends_on_TikTok_and_Their_Impact\"><\/span>Gymcel Trends on TikTok and Their Impact<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The gymcel trend is alive and well on TikTok. Creators with Marvel-style proportions and bulging veins post videos documenting their workouts, interspersed with alarming anti-women (or anti-everyone) messages. They attract tens or even hundreds of thousands of views and comments.<\/p>\n<p>One TikTok gymcel trend is the Sigma Male video. Dictionary.com defines a Sigma Male as &#8220;a popular, successful man but highly independent and self-sufficient. Another term for a Sigma Male is a lone wolf.&#8221; Patrick Bateman from American Psycho and Walter White from Breaking Bad are two of the most idolized Sigma Males.<\/p>\n<p>While Bateman and White had very different trajectories in their stories, what they shared was a alarming descent into isolation accompanied by a growing rage that manifested in a disturbing and dangerous way. So when gymcels edit videos, overlaying their own image on sequences of these disturbed men, it&#8217;s&#8230; unsettling to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Some gymcels turn the camera away from themselves, including non-consenting subjects in their videos. In the content, gymcels film other people at the gym, criticizing them for doing exercises wrong, being overweight, being ugly, or all of the above.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_Gym_Culture_Supposed_to_Be\"><\/span>What Is Gym Culture Supposed to Be?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For most gym regulars, it&#8217;s supposed to be a place where everyone feels supported and encouraged to work on themselves. But gymcels poison the atmosphere, fueling body insecurities and worse. If they continue, many people will start associating gym culture with eating disorders or bullying \u2013 instead of gym culture and health.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, people start thinking that gymcels give a bad name to the gym culture and that simply stepping into a gym could label them as a gymcel. Unfortunately, these troubled bodybuilders are the reason why more and more people feel that gym culture is awkward when it should simply be a place to focus on becoming the best version of oneself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18931\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18931\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.christianobtf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-Media-what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-the-term-so-problematic-Victor-Frietas-hero.webp?resize=1200%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.christianobtf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-Media-what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-the-term-so-problematic-Victor-Frietas-hero.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.christianobtf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-Media-what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-the-term-so-problematic-Victor-Frietas-hero.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.christianobtf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-Media-what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-the-term-so-problematic-Victor-Frietas-hero.webp?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.christianobtf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-Media-what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-the-term-so-problematic-Victor-Frietas-hero.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.christianobtf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-Media-what-is-a-gymcel-and-why-is-the-term-so-problematic-Victor-Frietas-hero.webp?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image par Victor Frietas de Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gymcel culture is not only problematic for the gym community but also has broader implications for how we perceive masculinity and relationships between the sexes. It perpetuates harmful ideologies and reinforces negative stereotypes. It is crucial to recognize and counter these trends to promote a healthy and inclusive fitness environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article discusses the emergence and impact of &#8220;gymcels,&#8221; a subgroup within the incel culture focused on gym culture. Gymcels are men who obsessively pursue physical fitness in hopes of attracting women, often facing ridicule for their perceived shortcomings. This toxic subculture not only fosters body insecurities but also perpetuates misogynistic ideologies, complicating the environment of fitness spaces. 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