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There are diverse '''causes of inceldom''',<ref name="boislard2016">Boislard, M.-A., van de Bongardt, D., & Blais, M. (2016). Sexuality (and Lack Thereof) in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Review of the Literature. Behavioral Sciences, 6(1), 8. doi:10.3390/bs6010008</ref><ref name="apostolou2018"></ref> e.g. any flaw that negatively impacts [[SMV|sexual market value]] or any socio-cultural, economic or personal circumstance that hinders marriage or more generally pair formation. There currently is a trend toward [[demographics|''more'' incels]]. This article discusses both causes of inceldom and causes of the recent increase in inceldom (see [[demographics]] page for data on the increase in inceldom).  | There are diverse '''causes of inceldom''',<ref name="boislard2016">Boislard, M.-A., van de Bongardt, D., & Blais, M. (2016). Sexuality (and Lack Thereof) in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Review of the Literature. Behavioral Sciences, 6(1), 8. doi:10.3390/bs6010008</ref><ref name="apostolou2018"></ref><ref name="irfan2020">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743609519318582</ref> e.g. any flaw that negatively impacts [[SMV|sexual market value]] or any socio-cultural, economic or personal circumstance that hinders marriage or more generally pair formation. There currently is a trend toward [[demographics|''more'' incels]]. This article discusses both causes of inceldom and causes of the recent increase in inceldom (see [[demographics]] page for data on the increase in inceldom).  | ||
== Causes of sexlessness and inceldom ==  | == Causes of sexlessness and inceldom ==  | ||
* Social/sexual exclusion and [[rejection]] hindering socialization, access to members of the opposite sex and [[marriage]]. Possibly caused by [[neurodivergence]] or [[Disability|physical anomalies]] due to [[mutation]]s or pollutants/developmental disturbances.  | * Social/sexual exclusion and [[rejection]] hindering socialization, access to members of the opposite sex and [[marriage]]. Possibly caused by [[neurodivergence]] or [[Disability|physical anomalies]] due to [[mutation]]s or pollutants/developmental disturbances.  | ||
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** [[Nice guy|Niceness]] tends to slightly reduce physical attractiveness of men to women and agreeable men have a somewhat lower income,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Personality</ref> which due to women's [[hypergamy|preference for affluent men]] may also explain some of men's low sexual success, however out of the [[Big Five personality traits]], only extraversion is related to men's [[reproductive success]].<ref>Alvergne, A., Jokela, M., & Lummaa, V. (2010). Personality and reproductive success in a high-fertility human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(26), 11745–11750. doi:10.1073/pnas.1001752107</ref> Extroversion may correlate with the willingness and ability to intimidate other males, which one study has shown to predict men's access to females (even more so than women's own choices, which actually had a non-significant impact on men's mating outcomes).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513817304105</ref>  | ** [[Nice guy|Niceness]] tends to slightly reduce physical attractiveness of men to women and agreeable men have a somewhat lower income,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Personality</ref> which due to women's [[hypergamy|preference for affluent men]] may also explain some of men's low sexual success, however out of the [[Big Five personality traits]], only extraversion is related to men's [[reproductive success]].<ref>Alvergne, A., Jokela, M., & Lummaa, V. (2010). Personality and reproductive success in a high-fertility human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(26), 11745–11750. doi:10.1073/pnas.1001752107</ref> Extroversion may correlate with the willingness and ability to intimidate other males, which one study has shown to predict men's access to females (even more so than women's own choices, which actually had a non-significant impact on men's mating outcomes).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513817304105</ref>  | ||
** Long education is a significant predictor of early adult virginity,<ref name="lei2021">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.12723</ref> though in one study only for women (long-education [[femcel]]s).<ref name="haydon2013"></ref> The phenomenon of educated women refusing to [[date]] down is also discussed in the [[hypergamy]] article, though it is unclear whether this tendency is really due to refusal to date down, or being too busy and hitting the [[wall]], or facing evolutionary [[Mismatchcel|mismatches]] regarding an [[resources for orgasms|exchange of sex in return for resources]].  | ** Long education is a significant predictor of early adult virginity,<ref name="lei2021">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.12723</ref> though in one study only for women (long-education [[femcel]]s).<ref name="haydon2013"></ref> The phenomenon of educated women refusing to [[date]] down is also discussed in the [[hypergamy]] article, though it is unclear whether this tendency is really due to refusal to date down, or being too busy and hitting the [[wall]], or facing evolutionary [[Mismatchcel|mismatches]] regarding an [[resources for orgasms|exchange of sex in return for resources]].  | ||
** Lower use of alcohol and drugs,<ref name="boislard2016"></ref><ref name="haydon2013"></ref> possibly causally at individual level.<ref name="lei2021"></ref>  | ** Lower use of alcohol and drugs,<ref name="boislard2016"></ref><ref name="haydon2013"></ref><ref name="irfan2020"></ref> possibly causally at individual level.<ref name="lei2021"></ref>  | ||
** Living with both biological parents<ref name="boislard2016"></ref>  | ** Living with both biological parents<ref name="boislard2016"></ref>  | ||
** Having a highly educated mother<ref name="boislard2016"></ref>  | ** Having a highly educated mother<ref name="boislard2016"></ref>  | ||
** Having caring and monitoring parents.<ref name="irfan2020"></ref>  | |||
** Having received more sexual education.<ref name="irfan2020"></ref>  | |||
** Fast LH acquaintances might cause envy and inceldom in those who have a slower LH speed  | |||
** Low socio-economic status,<ref name="irfan2020"></ref> unemployment, affecting men more detrimentally than women.<ref>Ueda, P., & Mercer, C. H. (2019). Prevalence and types of sexual inactivity in Britain: analyses of national cross-sectional probability survey data. BMJ Open, 9(10), e030708. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030708 </ref>  | |||
** High [[standardcel|mate choice standards]], however standardcels are mostly [[volcel]]s<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349428337_Involuntary_singlehood_and_its_causes_The_effects_of_flirting_capacity_mating_effort_choosiness_and_capacity_to_perceive_signals_of_interest</ref>  | ** High [[standardcel|mate choice standards]], however standardcels are mostly [[volcel]]s<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349428337_Involuntary_singlehood_and_its_causes_The_effects_of_flirting_capacity_mating_effort_choosiness_and_capacity_to_perceive_signals_of_interest</ref>  | ||
** Low mating effort, especially in case of women (which is further evidence of [[Briffault's law]]),<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320299645_The_challenge_of_starting_and_keeping_a_relationship_Prevalence_rates_and_predictors_of_poor_mating_performance</ref> often [[volcel]]s  | ** Low mating effort, especially in case of women (which is further evidence of [[Briffault's law]]),<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320299645_The_challenge_of_starting_and_keeping_a_relationship_Prevalence_rates_and_predictors_of_poor_mating_performance</ref> often [[volcel]]s  | ||
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** The psychological burden of inceldom is likely often amplified by [[sexual envy]] provoked by sexually successful fast LH types boasting about [[sex haver|having sex]] and fast LH women [[whore|self-sexualizing]] online and in public, which they appear to do more in areas with greater economic inequality.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_sexualize_themselves_online_to_attract_high_status_mates</ref>  | ** The psychological burden of inceldom is likely often amplified by [[sexual envy]] provoked by sexually successful fast LH types boasting about [[sex haver|having sex]] and fast LH women [[whore|self-sexualizing]] online and in public, which they appear to do more in areas with greater economic inequality.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_sexualize_themselves_online_to_attract_high_status_mates</ref>  | ||
* Ideology and religion can be either a positive or negative factor:  | * Ideology and religion can be either a positive or negative factor:  | ||
** Religious or strict environment predicts remaining virgin during early adulthood   | ** Religious or strict environment predicts remaining virgin during early adulthood.<ref name="irfan2020"></ref><ref name="haydon2013">Haydon, A. A., Cheng, M. M., Herring, A. H., McRee, A.-L., & Halpern, C. T. (2013). Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Inexperience in Adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(2), 221–230. doi:10.1007/s10508-013-0164-3</ref>  | ||
**[[Sex-negativity]] within puritanical religions (see [[Christocel]] and [[Muslimcel]]) or ideologies like [[feminism]] or [[environmentalism]].<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-021-00379-5</ref>  | **[[Sex-negativity]] within puritanical religions (see [[Christocel]] and [[Muslimcel]]) or ideologies like [[feminism]] or [[environmentalism]].<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-021-00379-5</ref>  | ||
** Parents who do not care about their children marrying/reproducing due to disinterest or ideology, [[evolutionary mismatch|mismatching]] the universal prevalence of [[marriage]] and [[arranged marriage]] across human societies.  | ** Parents who do not care about their children marrying/reproducing due to disinterest or ideology, [[evolutionary mismatch|mismatching]] the universal prevalence of [[marriage]] and [[arranged marriage]] across human societies.  | ||