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The inability to form a romantic or sexual [[relationship]] ([[inceldom]]) | The inability to form a romantic or sexual [[relationship]] ([[inceldom]]) is thought to lead to a wide range of adverse effects. Some of these effect are summarized on this page. | ||
== Sexlessness == | == Sexlessness == | ||
A 2008 study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that delaying sexual activity may "create health risks by impeding development of the emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal skills that are crucial to satisfactory sexual functioning and general well-being."<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/78bmza/the-cost-of-losing-your-virginity-late</ref> By their definition, those who had their first sexual encounter at age 22 or older were considered "later starters." The knowledge that you are incompetent at something that comes as natural as breathing for most humans means that most on the [[inceldom spectrum]] tend to feel incompetent, and as a result, their self-esteem drops like a ton of bricks. The physical manifestation of an unfulfilled [[libido]] also creates anxiety. | A 2008 study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that delaying sexual activity may "create health risks by impeding development of the emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal skills that are crucial to satisfactory sexual functioning and general well-being."<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/78bmza/the-cost-of-losing-your-virginity-late</ref> By their definition, those who had their first sexual encounter at age 22 or older were considered "later starters." The knowledge that you are incompetent at something that comes as natural as breathing for most humans means that most on the [[inceldom spectrum]] tend to feel incompetent, and as a result, their self-esteem drops like a ton of bricks. The physical manifestation of an unfulfilled [[libido]] also creates anxiety. | ||
One study found mating performance was significantly related to happiness and life satisfaction for both sexes.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Mating_performance_is_significantly_related_to_happiness_and_life_satisfaction</ref> | |||
A survey study found that penile–vaginal intercourse is associated with health, but masturbation and anal sex are not.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Penile.E2.80.93vaginal_intercourse_is_associated_with_health.2C_but_masturbation_is_not</ref> | |||
Men who lose their virginity in their 20s, in particular, are more likely to experience sexual problems that include [[erectile dysfunction|difficulty becoming sexually aroused]] and [[anorgasmia|reaching orgasm]] say researchers at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute's HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, in a study in the January 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sex/story?id=3932047&page=1</ref> | Men who lose their virginity in their 20s, in particular, are more likely to experience sexual problems that include [[erectile dysfunction|difficulty becoming sexually aroused]] and [[anorgasmia|reaching orgasm]] say researchers at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute's HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, in a study in the January 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sex/story?id=3932047&page=1</ref> | ||
=== STD proneness === | |||
Some suggested the lack of sexual activity poses an increased risk for catching STDs.{{citation needed}} The reason for this could be that due to the lack of contact to STD pathogens, incels will not develop an immunity against these pathogens. | |||
=== Hulseyism === | |||
Some suggested [[hulseyism]] (prolonged erections) may be another possible side effect of prolonged sexlessness.{{citation needed}} | |||
=== Social status and benefits=== | |||
There are likely social adverse effects to inceldom. | |||
Engaging in sex may be related to men's social status.<ref></ref> For example, women regard men who have sex as more attractive which may be related so social status.<ref> </ref> | |||
In some countries, couples receive tax-breaks, something that nearcels, [[truecel]]s and incels are not entitled to. There is often also a lot of social pressure to get a partner from family members, friends and cultural institutions. When you don't live up to these social demands, there are sometimes consequences. The lack of validation from another person in turn can also take its toll. | |||
Another aspect is that one becomes a [[genetic dead end]]. Despite the fact that some people rejoice at the prospects of being childless, claiming that it has afforded them freedoms and allowed them to focus on their careers etc. there are also setbacks to being childless. Having offspring can give a person meaning to life, it can be rewarding to raise another human, and children often bring one joy. What compounds the GDE if it results from inceldom, is that unlike GDE resulting from choice, a person on the [[inceldom spectrum]] is childless notwithstanding their own will. | |||
== Death grip syndrome == | |||
The death grip syndrome refers to a loss of sensation in the penis deriving from excessively gripping the shaft or glans of the penis during masturbation. According to sexpert Dan Savage, when this friction stems from repeated or learned forms of masturbation it may result in an inability to orgasm. Per Savage, this especially occurs when engaging in aggressive forms of masturbation. This is commonly called DGS or the Death Grip Syndrome.<ref>https://www.salon.com/2015/11/22/men_theres_an_obvious_easy_way_to_avoid_losing_penis_sensitivity_partner/</ref> As such, men with DGS may be involuntarily childless. They are also much more likely to break up due to their female partners' (or male if you're gay) resulting self-esteem issues. | |||
Similarly to how excessive gripping may result in penile sensation loss, a high-cut circumsion may have similar effect. During puberty, the immediate effects may be the exact opposite, whereby sensations are somewhat higher than normal. This can be seen for instance in men with the ability to enact a hands-free ogasm. But this wears off during the [[vicenarian]] years during which a man may emit cowpers and defile their clothes and may even damage the tendons or erectile tissue on their penis from prolonged erectile friction against their clothing. The physiology behind circumcision-induced DGS is pretty simple; an extremely tight skin around one's shaft works similar to having an extremely tight palm grip your shaft. Both clasp against the nerves along the shaft and both pull upon the ridge of the glans during erections, thereby placing an unnecessary amount of strain upon the extended insular penile shaft within the perineum. Besides GDS, other insensitive-related by-products may also surface, such as erectile dysfunction. | |||
== Loneliness == | == Loneliness == | ||
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Incels are also often depressed, e.g. in an informal survey, 59.4% of [[incel.co]] users reported to be depressed.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref> Again, it is not known to which extent inceldom causes depression or vice-versa, but both is plausible. | Incels are also often depressed, e.g. in an informal survey, 59.4% of [[incel.co]] users reported to be depressed.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref> Again, it is not known to which extent inceldom causes depression or vice-versa, but both is plausible. | ||
There exists evidence that depression permanently damages brain functions and lowers IQ. Recovery from depression largely restores cognitive performance, but some deficits remain, possibly especially in verbal performance.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1572949</ref><ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01564.x</ref> Some of this may be caused by permanent shrinkage of the hippocampus, possibly caused by cell death due to stress.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/30/chronic-depression-shrinks-brains-memories-and-emotions</ref> | There exists evidence that depression permanently damages brain functions and lowers IQ. Recovery from depression largely restores cognitive performance, but some deficits remain, possibly especially in verbal performance.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1572949</ref><ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01564.x</ref> Some of this may be caused by permanent shrinkage of the hippocampus, possibly caused by cell death due to stress.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/30/chronic-depression-shrinks-brains-memories-and-emotions</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||