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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. | 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. | ||
== Genetic dead end == | == Genetic dead end == | ||
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Incels are also often depressed, e.g. in an informal survey, 59.4% of [[incels.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 [[incels.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> | ||
A simple Darwinian argument could be made that people should feel shitty when they cannot gain access to reproductive opportunities. From a Darwinian perspective, this is the worst place to be in, as it does not allow to propagate one's genes. For this reason, one would expect negative emotions like depression to have evolved that disincentivize men from accepting their inceldom. The explanation is simple: Individuals with a mutation to embrace their inceldom were outreproduced by those who didn't, in fact they did not reproduce at all. | |||
== Impotence == | == Impotence == | ||