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==Growth in Numbers== | ==Growth in Numbers== | ||
===Inceldom for American young men is at an all-time-high | ===Inceldom for American young men is at an all-time-high=== | ||
'''The share of men | '''The share of sexless men between 18 and 30 has nearly tripled to 28% in 2018 in the past decade according to the Washington Post using data from the General Social Survey'''.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/29/share-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-record-high/?utm_term=.9b52429c7136</ref>. The 95% confidence interval is 18-36%.<ref>http://www.jsmp.dk/posts/2019-04-31-sexlessness/</ref> | ||
A study by Poortman and Liebroer found that roughly | A study by Poortman and Liebroer found that only roughly 4% of singles are [[volcel|Volcels]], i.e. singles who stated to prefer their singlehood<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.03.012</ref>. Accounting for that, the percentage of incels between 18 and 30 is somewhere between 15 and 30%. | ||
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