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This overlaps with the question of 'why do incels act out more now?'. Although, I want to avoid heading in that direction of thought as I don't advocate violence etc.. | |||
==The normie response== | |||
There is a dominant and false feminist narrative that goes like this: | There is a dominant and false feminist narrative that goes like this: | ||
{{Quote|The rise in incel complaints is due to women gaining more purchase as financially and socially independent people. The days of needing a man, any man, to live any kind of decent life are long gone, leaving women to marry (in most cases) only if a man can prove his worth as a friend, lover and asset in her life.}} | {{Quote|The rise in incel complaints is due to women gaining more purchase as financially and socially independent people. The days of needing a man, any man, to live any kind of decent life are long gone, leaving women to marry (in most cases) only if a man can prove his worth as a friend, lover and asset in her life.}} | ||
==The real answer== | |||
This is wrong. Men still had to prove their worth in every patriarchy. This is touted by [[tradcon]]s as [[sexual sublimination]], as part of [[socialization]], [[chivalry]], and [[neoliberalism|'manning up'. In other words, feminists are looking at tradconism now and start thinking it's this great new invention. Now, it sucked then and it still sucks now. | This is wrong. Men still had to prove their worth in every patriarchy. This is touted by [[tradcon]]s as [[sexual sublimination]], as part of [[socialization]], [[chivalry]], and [[neoliberalism|'manning up'. In other words, feminists are looking at tradconism now and start thinking it's this great new invention. Now, it sucked then and it still sucks now. | ||
So yes, men always had to prove their "worth". In medieval times if you were ostracized you joined the 20% of people dying on the streets. In the 19th century, if your dad cockblocked you, you joined the 70% of men under 25 who weren't married and probably weren't having sex. | |||
Incels became more vocal with 4chan culture and other not because inceldom is new, (in fact during patriarchy it was arguably worse). | Incels became more vocal with 4chan culture and other not because inceldom is new, (in fact during patriarchy it was arguably worse). | ||
Incels became more vocal because of the increase of [[misandry]], the commodification of sex (ie sex IS commodified, not incels misframing it), and the theoretical availability of safer sex. | Incels became more vocal because of the increase of [[misandry]], the commodification of sex (ie sex IS commodified, not incels misframing it), and the theoretical availability of safer sex. | ||