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There is no single, overarching '''"incel community"'''. [[Incels]] do not make a single community any more than, for example, [[Trannymaxxing|transexual]] people are a single community. | There is no single, overarching '''"incel community"'''. [[Incels]] do not make a single community any more than, for example, [[Trannymaxxing|transexual]] people are a single community. | ||
==Further clarification== | ==Further clarification== | ||
You may argue incels are a class of people, as you can arrange anyone into a theoretical class, but incels are not an organization. Incels are simply anyone who [[Celibates| | You may argue incels are a class of people, as you can arrange anyone into a theoretical class, but incels are not an organization. Incels are simply anyone who [[Celibates|cannot get a relationship]] despite approaching a wide variety of people. | ||
==Virgin shaming by media== | ==Virgin shaming by media== | ||
The media often disingenuously tries to paint incel people as a terroristic singular community, by capitalizing "incel" as"Incel" outside the start of a sentence. Or pretending incel is an acronym, like "INCEL", to take advantage the fact that the word "incel" is accidentally linguistically similar to the word "ISIS", to provoke fear of involuntary celibates. Essentially, a sophisticated form of involuntary [[virgin shaming]]. | The media often disingenuously tries to paint incel people as a terroristic singular community, by capitalizing "incel" as"Incel" outside the start of a sentence. Or pretending incel is an acronym, like "INCEL", to take advantage the fact that the word "incel" is accidentally linguistically similar to the word "ISIS", to provoke fear of involuntary celibates. Essentially, a sophisticated form of involuntary [[virgin shaming]]. | ||