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==Controversy among incels over women in STEM== | ==Controversy among incels over women in STEM== | ||
A female entry into low-paying STEM spaces, while it may be corrupting to the STEM field, may slow down the acceleration of inceldom. According to the [[Donnelly Study]],<ref>http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html</ref> some incels report gender segregation in work and lack of exposure to females in general as a cause of their celibacy. "Virginal and single men were more likely to be in sex-segregated occupations than women and to see this as a barrier". Redditor's also mention lack of exposure to the opposite gender as the ninth most common cause of their inceldom<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326904341_Why_Men_Stay_Single_Evidence_from_Reddit</ref> | A female entry into low-paying STEM spaces, while it may be corrupting to the STEM field, may slow down the acceleration of inceldom. According to the [[Donnelly Study]],<ref>http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html</ref> some incels report gender segregation in work and lack of exposure to females in general as a cause of their celibacy. "Virginal and single men were more likely to be in sex-segregated occupations than women and to see this as a barrier". Redditor's also mention lack of exposure to the opposite gender as the ninth most common cause of their inceldom.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326904341_Why_Men_Stay_Single_Evidence_from_Reddit</ref> | ||
This does not mean that decreasing sex segregation alone would stop or reverse rising inceldom as incel proponents of traditional social arrangements point out. Women in non-segregated environmnets still discriminate against incels, as meeting through coworkers has declined 50% despite decreasing gender segregation<ref>https://www.swiss-miss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot-2019-07-14-19.41.53-480x377.png</ref>. | This does not mean that decreasing sex segregation alone would stop or reverse rising inceldom as incel proponents of traditional social arrangements point out. Women in non-segregated environmnets still discriminate against incels, as meeting through coworkers has declined 50% despite decreasing gender segregation<ref>https://www.swiss-miss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot-2019-07-14-19.41.53-480x377.png</ref>. | ||