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The '''Donnelly study''', officialy titled "'''Involuntary Celibacy: A Life Course Analysis'''",<ref>http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html [https://archive.fo/2t2iv Archive]</ref> was the first academic study to take the concept of [[involuntary celibacy]] seriously, and has been cited dozens of times by academic literature, including peer-reviewed academic research. The study was also peer-reviewed and published in the ''The Journal of Sex Research'' in 2001.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224490109552083</ref> This study introduced the use of the expression | The '''Donnelly study''', officialy titled "'''Involuntary Celibacy: A Life Course Analysis'''",<ref>http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html [https://archive.fo/2t2iv Archive]</ref> was the first academic study to take the concept of [[involuntary celibacy]] seriously, and has been cited dozens of times by academic literature, including peer-reviewed academic research. The study was also peer-reviewed and published in the ''The Journal of Sex Research'' in 2001.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224490109552083</ref> This study introduced the use of the expression "involuntary celibacy" as an academic sociological term. [[Alana]]'s incel [[Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project|mailing list]] was coordinating with a professor of sociology [[Denise Donnelly]] and a team of Georgia State University researchers to use her community as a beginning for research on the causes of involuntary celibacy in early 1999. | ||
==Definition of incel== | ==Definition of incel== | ||
'Involuntarily celibate' is a valid academic sociological term | 'Involuntarily celibate' is a valid academic sociological term popularized in Donnelly's study, referring to people who would like to have a sexual or romantic partner but cannot find one for six months or more. The perdiod of time to determine when one can be considered an involuntarily celibate was chosen by [[Denise Donnelly]] as six months, as that factored in that some sexually active people go [[Dry spell|weeks without sex]], and people start to worry about their sex lives after a certain period longer than that period. | ||
==The | ==The study== | ||
The questionnaire for the study was filled out by 60 men and 22 women who identified as involuntarily celibate. Findings showed that involuntary celibates may come from broad sexual and personal backgrounds. Three categories were developed: virgins were those who had never had sex, singles had sex in the past but were unable to establish current sexual relationships, and those with romantic partners, but were currently in sexless relationships (which included 28% of respondents). | The questionnaire for the study was filled out by 60 men and 22 women who identified as involuntarily celibate. Findings showed that involuntary celibates may come from broad sexual and personal backgrounds. Three categories were developed: virgins were those who had never had sex, singles had sex in the past but were unable to establish current sexual relationships, and those with romantic partners, but were currently in sexless relationships (which included 28% of respondents). | ||