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"'''Creep'''" is a chapter in the book, '''''Blueprint for a Higher Civilization''''', written in 1975 by [[Henry Flynt]], an anti-establishment artist and composer, regarding his experiences with [[women]]. It contains one of the most detailed description of involuntary celibacy in the 20th century actually using the term, 'involuntary celibacy' verbatim before it was [[cool]]. Flynt highlights the relation between adult inceldom and [[creepiness]]. It is reproduced below with the phrase bolded. | "'''Creep'''" is a chapter in the book, '''''Blueprint for a Higher Civilization''''', written in 1975 by [[Henry Flynt]], an anti-establishment artist and composer, regarding his experiences with [[women]]. It contains one of the most detailed description of involuntary celibacy in the 20th century actually using the term, 'involuntary celibacy' verbatim before it was [[cool]]. Flynt highlights the relation between adult inceldom and [[creepiness]]. It is reproduced below with the phrase bolded. | ||
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When Helen Lefkowitz said I was "such a [[creep]]" at Interlochen in 1956, her remark epitomized the feeling that females have always had about me. My attempts to understand why females rejected me and to decide what to do about it resulted in years of confusion. In 1961-1962, I tried to develop a theory of the creep problem. This theory took '''involuntary celibacy''' as the defining characteristic of the creep. Every society has its image of the ideal young adult, even though the symbols of growing up change from generation to generation. The creep is an '''involuntary celibate''' because he fails to develop the surface traits of adulthood--poise and sophistication; and because he is [[shy]], unassertive, and lacks [[Confidence|self-confidence]] in the presence of others . The creep is awkward and has an unstylish appearance. He seems sexless and [[Neoteny|childish]]. He is regarded by the ideal adults with condescending scorn, amusement, or pity. | When Helen Lefkowitz said I was "such a [[creep]]" at Interlochen in 1956, her remark epitomized the feeling that females have always had about me. My attempts to understand why females rejected me and to decide what to do about it resulted in years of confusion. In 1961-1962, I tried to develop a theory of the creep problem. This theory took '''[[involuntary celibacy]]''' as the defining characteristic of the creep. Every society has its image of the ideal young adult, even though the symbols of growing up change from generation to generation. The creep is an '''involuntary celibate''' because he fails to develop the surface traits of adulthood--poise and sophistication; and because he is [[shy]], unassertive, and lacks [[Confidence|self-confidence]] in the presence of others . The creep is awkward and has an unstylish appearance. He seems sexless and [[Neoteny|childish]]. He is regarded by the ideal adults with condescending scorn, amusement, or pity. | ||
Because he seems weak and inferior in the company of others, and cannot maintain his self-respect, the creep is pressed into isolation. There, the creep doesn't have the pressure of other people's presence to make him feel inferior, to make him feel that he must be like them in order not to be inferior. The creep can develop the morale required to differ. The creep also tends to expand his fantasy life, so that it takes the place of the interpersonal life from which he has been excluded. The important consequence is that the creep is led to discover a number of positive [[personality]] values which cannot be achieved by the mature, married adult. During, the period when I developed the creep theory, I was spending almost all of my time alone in my room, thinking and writing. This fact should make the positive creep values more understandable. | Because he seems weak and inferior in the company of others, and cannot maintain his self-respect, the creep is pressed into isolation. There, the creep doesn't have the pressure of other people's presence to make him feel inferior, to make him feel that he must be like them in order not to be inferior. The creep can develop the morale required to differ. The creep also tends to expand his fantasy life, so that it takes the place of the interpersonal life from which he has been excluded. The important consequence is that the creep is led to discover a number of positive [[personality]] values which cannot be achieved by the mature, married adult. During, the period when I developed the creep theory, I was spending almost all of my time alone in my room, thinking and writing. This fact should make the positive creep values more understandable. | ||