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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 "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. | 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 popularized in the Donnelly study, | 'Involuntarily celibate' is a valid academic sociological term popularized in the Donnelly study. In the study, an involuntary celibate is a person who would like to have a "willing" [[Relationship|partner]] and have sex with, 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 study== | ==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. | 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. | ||