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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 U.S. national representative ''General Social Survey (GSS)''.<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>
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 U.S. national representative ''General Social Survey (GSS)''.<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 ''only roughly 4% of singles'' preferred their singlehood over being in a relationship.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.03.012</ref> Accounting for that, the percentage of incels among millennials is likely roughly between 15% and 30%. This reasoning, of course, has various limitations. For one, singles who reported to prefer their singlehood could be having casual sex otherwise. Conversely, individuals may be happy in a relationship, but get no sex, adding to sexless men despite being possibly in a happy, e.g. long-distance relationship, which may count as [[volcel]] or [[temporarycel]], or men may be religiously motivated to postpone sex or too busy with their careers. Provided that [[Scientific_Blackpill#Sex_is_the_most_pleasurable.2C_joyous.2C_and_meaningful_human_experience|sex is regarded as the most satisfying and joyous experience]], it does seem plausible that few would voluntarily forgo sex and that religious and busy men would prefer sex provided the chance, which would strictly speaking count as involuntary celibacy, being forced into sexlessness by personal circumstances.
A study by Poortman and Liebroer found that ''only roughly 4% of singles'' preferred their singlehood over being in a relationship.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.03.012</ref> Only 1% of the population self-identify as asexual.<ref>https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2015/05/04/asexuality-the-invisible-orientation</ref>
Hence, accounting for [[volcels]], the percentage of incels among millennials is likely a bit less than the sexless, so between 15% and 30%.
 
This reasoning, of course, has various limitations. For one, singles who reported to prefer their singlehood could be having casual sex otherwise.
Conversely, men in long-distance relationships, religious men or very busy men might voluntarily forgo sex, hence might rather count as [[volcel]] or [[temporarycel]].
On the other hand, one could question whether systemic circumstances pressure men into these situations, which would imply an involuntary element.
 
Provided that [[Scientific_Blackpill#Sex_is_the_most_pleasurable.2C_joyous.2C_and_meaningful_human_experience|sex is regarded as the most satisfying and joyous experience]], it seems implausible that few would voluntarily forgo sex, which would strictly speaking count as involuntary celibacy, being forced into sexlessness by personal circumstances.
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