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Many incels feel unease around men because they cannot demonstrate any heterosexual experience or ability to impress women and outcompete other men whatsoever, so they fear the male intrasexual competition of being accused of gayness. | Many incels feel unease around men because they cannot demonstrate any heterosexual experience or ability to impress women and outcompete other men whatsoever, so they fear the male intrasexual competition of being accused of gayness. | ||
== Gay acceptance and | == Gay acceptance and homosocial intimacy == | ||
There is much historical evidence that | There is much historical evidence that intimacy between heterosexual males has declined with the acceptance of homosexuals. For example it used to be not uncommon for heterosexual men to exchange love letters: | ||
{{quote|You know my desire to befriend you is everlasting, that I will never cease, while I know how to do any thing.|Lincoln to his friend Joshua Speed}} | {{quote|You know my desire to befriend you is everlasting, that I will never cease, while I know how to do any thing.|Lincoln to his friend Joshua Speed}} | ||