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===Earlier estimates=== | ===Earlier estimates=== | ||
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[[Brian Gilmartin]] in the 1980s estimated that 1.5% of all American men experience involuntary celibacy, estimating them at 4.7 million people.<ref>https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/72931916/One-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures</ref> | [[Brian Gilmartin]] in the 1980s estimated that 1.5% of all American men experience involuntary celibacy, estimating them at 4.7 million people.<ref>https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/72931916/One-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures</ref> | ||
A 2012 report by The Centers for Disease Control claimed that within the past year roughly 6% of men ages 25 to 44 have not had any sexual partners. The Washington Post correlated this figure within inceldom; thus making roughly 6% of that age group ''virginal'' involuntary celibates (per Washington Post).<ref>https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/72931916/One-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures</ref> | A 2012 report by The Centers for Disease Control claimed that within the past year roughly 6% of men ages 25 to 44 have not had any sexual partners. The Washington Post correlated this figure within inceldom; thus making roughly 6% of that age group ''virginal'' involuntary celibates (per Washington Post).<ref>https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/72931916/One-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures</ref> | ||
The graph on the right side by Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies that shows that male 12-month celibacy between the ages of 22-35 grew to around 14% of young men as of 2016.<ref>http://archive.is/y1YBg</ref> | |||
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