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Many incels perceive their inceldom to be caused by the 20% most dominant men hoarding 80% of the females, which is a somewhat exaggerated view of the facts, except perhaps for a few subcultures and online dating platforms with very unequal sexual markets. For this reason, many incels rather use 80/20 as a meme to warn of the damaging effects of our current dating scene and increased competitiveness in online dating, knowing reality may not be as unequal (yet!). | Many incels perceive their inceldom to be caused by the 20% most dominant men hoarding 80% of the females, which is a somewhat exaggerated view of the facts, except perhaps for a few subcultures and online dating platforms with very unequal sexual markets. For this reason, many incels rather use 80/20 as a meme to warn of the damaging effects of our current dating scene and increased competitiveness in online dating, knowing reality may not be as unequal (yet!). | ||
An internal OkCupid study from 2009 revealed that women irrationally evaluate 80% of men, brave enough to show their mug on a public website, | An internal OkCupid study from 2009 revealed that women irrationally evaluate 80% of men, brave enough to show their mug on a public website, ''as below medium'' (below 5/10).<ref>http://archive.is/489UV</ref> | ||
Many people mistook this as evidence of 80/20 in the sex market, but the 80 figure is just coincidental, and it really is only evidence of female choosiness without information how looks convert into sexual success. OkCupid deleted this study after the [[Alek Minassian]] attack, which some incels understood as attempt to hide or downplay substantial inequalities in the sexual market, and hence evidence of their existence. | Many people mistook this as evidence of 80/20 in the sex market, but the 80 figure is just coincidental, and it really is only evidence of female choosiness without information how looks convert into sexual success. OkCupid deleted this study after the [[Alek Minassian]] attack, which some incels understood as attempt to hide or downplay substantial inequalities in the sexual market, and hence evidence of their existence. | ||
<!-- NOTE & TODO: i've read critiques of this analysis as it makes some pretty vague guesses on very small sample size. There are better statistics from Bumble and Hinge | <!-- NOTE & TODO: i've read critiques of this analysis as it makes some pretty vague guesses on very small sample size. There are better statistics from Bumble and Hinge | ||