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==Growth in Numbers== | ==Growth in Numbers== | ||
Professor Simon DeDeo estimated there were 700,000 incels in the U.S for men over 25 years old,<ref>http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/the-world-of-american-hikikomori.html</ref> while for those over 18, the number is 1.3 million.<ref>http://simondedeo.com/?p=221</ref> Among American vicenarians, women | Professor Simon DeDeo estimated there were 700,000 incels in the U.S for men over 25 years old,<ref>http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/the-world-of-american-hikikomori.html</ref> while for those over 18, the number is 1.3 million.<ref>http://simondedeo.com/?p=221</ref> Among American vicenarians, women were 10% more sexually active than men.<ref>https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1101592/the-great-sex-recession-celibate-americans-at-record-high</ref> | ||
[[Brian Gilmartin]] in the 1980s estimated that 1.5% of all American men are incelibate, estimating them at 4.7 million people. <ref>https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/72931916/One-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures</ref> | [[Brian Gilmartin]] in the 1980s estimated that 1.5% of all American men are incelibate, estimating them at 4.7 million people. <ref>https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/72931916/One-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures</ref> |