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'''Under the narrow definition of incel''', 'someone who is or would be romantically and/or sexually rejected by the vast majority of the single members of the gender they are attracted to while approaching at random in spaces socially designated for dating, for a period of years'... there are virtually no female incels. | '''Under the narrow definition of incel''', 'someone who is or would be romantically and/or sexually rejected by the vast majority of the single members of the gender they are attracted to while approaching at random in spaces socially designated for dating, for a period of years'... there are virtually no female incels. | ||
==Are incels a group, ideology, organization, [[incel community|community]], or movement?== | ==Are incels a group, ideology, subculture, organization, [[incel community|community]], or movement?== | ||
No. [[incel]] is an abbreviation of involuntarily celibate, which is self-descriptive. Involuntary meaning not willfully. Celibate meaning without sex and/or romance. Up to 28% of American young men are incel according to the Washington Post<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/29/share-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-record-high/?utm_term=.9b52429c7136</ref>. "Incel", isn't a single community any more than, for example, trans people are a single community. | No. [[incel]] is an abbreviation of involuntarily celibate, which is self-descriptive. Involuntary meaning not willfully. Celibate meaning without sex and/or romance. Up to 28% of American young men are incel according to the Washington Post<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/29/share-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-record-high/?utm_term=.9b52429c7136</ref>. "Incel", isn't a single community any more than, for example, trans people are a single community. | ||