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[[File:Henri.jpg|thumb|250x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|[[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], a [[protocel]].]] | [[File:Henri.jpg|thumb|250x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|[[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], a [[protocel]].]] | ||
[[File:Percent_of_us_12th_graders_who_have_ever_dated.png|thumb|300x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Demographics|The percent of high school students who date is plummeting.]] | [[File:Percent_of_us_12th_graders_who_have_ever_dated.png|thumb|300x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Demographics|The percent of high school students who date is plummeting.]] | ||
[[Incel]] is an academic sociological term that is short for ''' | [[Incel]] is an academic sociological term that is short for '''or involuntary celibate'' or '''involuntary celibacy''', an [[adverse effects of inceldom|adverse]] life circumstance. An analogy many incels often find elucidating would be comparing the state of lifelong inceldom to other common adverse life circumstances, such as [[Pauper|poverty]]. | ||
Inceldom was recognized in academia, as a sociological phenomenon in the landmark [[Donnelly Study]], published in 2001. Many further peer-reviewed academic papers have since been written, portraying involuntary celibacy as a (mostly) adverse life circumstance rather than exclusively describing a specific internet subculture. | Inceldom was recognized in academia, as a sociological phenomenon in the landmark [[Donnelly Study]], published in 2001. Many further peer-reviewed academic papers have since been written, portraying involuntary celibacy as a (mostly) adverse life circumstance rather than exclusively describing a specific internet subculture. | ||