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No. [[incel]] is an abbreviation of involuntarily celibate, which is self-descriptive. Involuntary meaning not willfully. Celibate meaning without sex and/or romance. Up to 28% of American young men are incel according to the Washington Post<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/29/share-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-record-high/?utm_term=.9b52429c7136</ref>. "Incel", isn't a single community any more than, for example, trans people are a single community. | No. [[incel]] is an abbreviation of involuntarily celibate, which is self-descriptive. Involuntary meaning not willfully. Celibate meaning without sex and/or romance. Up to 28% of American young men are incel according to the Washington Post<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/29/share-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-record-high/?utm_term=.9b52429c7136</ref>. "Incel", isn't a single community any more than, for example, trans people are a single community. | ||
As far as self-identified incels or incel forums, they are extremely disconnected and do not share radical beliefs unless you want to call [[determinism]] a radical ideology. Individual philosophies like the [[blackpill]] or subcultures like [[4chan]] culture emerge on some, but not all, forums dedicated to involuntary celibates and go in and out of fashion. | As far as self-identified incels or incel forums, they are extremely disconnected and do not share radical beliefs unless you want to call [[determinism]] a radical ideology. Individual philosophies like the original [[blackpill]] definition or subcultures like [[4chan]] culture emerge on some, but not all, forums dedicated to involuntary celibates and go in and out of fashion. | ||
Calling involuntary celibates a movement is like calling poor people a movement. | Calling involuntary celibates a movement is like calling poor people a movement. | ||