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The condition of being ''incel'' is a certain kind of [[nonsexualities|nonsexuality]]. | The condition of being ''incel'' is a certain kind of [[nonsexualities|nonsexuality]]. | ||
==Etymology== | == Etymology == | ||
The term ''involuntary celibacy'' dates back at least to the 18th century, e.g. a French clergyman, [[Antoine Banier]], used it in 1739. | The term ''involuntary celibacy'' dates back at least to the 18th century, e.g. a French clergyman, [[Antoine Banier]], used it in 1739. | ||
The neoliberal feminist [[Alana]] introduced the abbreviated term ''incel'' in 1997 which was later adopted in the [[Donnelly Study]] in 2001 and was first [[Ton den Boon|lexicographically recognized]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref> | |||
== Definition == | |||
The [[Donnelly Study]] defined incels as adults who fail to find a sexual partner for six months or more without choosing so. | |||
There remains disagreement about whether this definition is appropriate due to conceivable loopholes. For example, [[Bluepill|Bluepillers]] often argue in bad faith about such definitions and say male incels could simply have gay sex or pay for a prostitute and, therefore, they are [[volcel|volcels]] and incels don't exist. Hence, a definition in good faith would include an addition that incels are adults who are overwhelmingly rejected by the ''members of the sex they are sexually attracted to''. | |||
There is [[gatekeeping]] and infighting going on in incel forums about who counts as incel. | |||
[[Uglycel]]s complain that [[love-shy]]s simply lack ''will'' to find a partner. | |||
In an effort to weed out [[standardcel]]s, many incel forums reject incels who are not willfully trying to date a wide variety of people, or may even say they are not incels. | |||
In doing so, they often inandervatently marginalize non-standardcel mentalcels in the process. | |||
This is the source of a lot of conflict in the [[incelosphere]]. A solution to this longstanding conflict would be an incel definition that rejects [[standardcel]]s but includes non-[[standardcel]] [[mentalcel]]s as incel. This has been formalized before, but has not been popularized or adopted yet by any major forum, perhaps because such a definition would be very long. | |||
The infighting over whether to include [[love-shyness|love-shies]] in incel forums mainly hinges on the meaning of ''involuntary'', whether involuntary means "without choice" or "against will". However, the word involuntary can mean both, and both are different experiences. | |||
According to the definition in the Donnelly Study, inceldom is not the same as [[permavirginity]] or [[truecel]]dom, i.e. someone who is experiencing a dry spell may find himself involuntarily in this situation. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Contrary to perceptions in the media, incel is neither a political movement nor a [[incel community|community]], but a descriptive academic term for a gender-neutral life circumstance. Therefore, incels do not share a belief system, especially not those who do not self-identify as incels. | Contrary to perceptions in the media, incel is neither a political movement nor a [[incel community|community]], but a descriptive academic term for a gender-neutral life circumstance. Therefore, incels do not share a belief system, especially not those who do not self-identify as incels. | ||
Incels often have a low [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] ([[Alpha, Beta, Omega|beta or omega rank]]) that the [[pussy cartel]] doesn't approve of. Their low dominance status is most often due to being [[beauty|ugly]], [[love shy|shy]], [[poorcel|poor]], [[heightcel|short]], [[skinnycel|weak]], [[mentalcel|neurodivergent]], and/or [[medcel|physically ill]] (see [[causes of inceldom]]). | |||
Incels are politically diverse.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/askanincel/comments/dn62od/political_leanings/?sort=new</ref> | Incels are politically diverse.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/askanincel/comments/dn62od/political_leanings/?sort=new</ref> | ||
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No mass murderers have been users of incel forums. Neither [[4chan]] nor [[PUAhate]] have self-identified as incel forums, even though some incels use or used those sites. Current major incel internet forums are: [[Incels.co]], [[Facebook's Incelistan]], [[Incelistan.net]], [[Love-shy dot com|love-shy.com]], [[Incelswithouthate]], and [[Foreveralone]]. Roughly [[demographics of inceldom#Numbers|20-30% of American men between the ages of 18-30 are incels]]. | No mass murderers have been users of incel forums. Neither [[4chan]] nor [[PUAhate]] have self-identified as incel forums, even though some incels use or used those sites. Current major incel internet forums are: [[Incels.co]], [[Facebook's Incelistan]], [[Incelistan.net]], [[Love-shy dot com|love-shy.com]], [[Incelswithouthate]], and [[Foreveralone]]. Roughly [[demographics of inceldom#Numbers|20-30% of American men between the ages of 18-30 are incels]]. | ||
==Adverse effects of inceldom== | ==Adverse effects of inceldom== |