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{{See also|[[Teen love pill]]}} | {{See also|[[Teen love pill]]}} | ||
The study also found grounding for a common incel concern of [[Incelosphere timeline#2010s|today]]: that as [[sexual]] and [[relationship]] milestones are missed, it becomes harder and harder to achieve normality going forward. Many felt that their sexual development had somehow stalled in an earlier stage of life, leading them to feel different from their peers and that they will never catch up. | The study also found grounding for a common incel concern of [[Incelosphere timeline#2010s|today]]: that as [[sexual]] and [[relationship]] milestones are missed, it becomes harder and harder to achieve normality going forward. Many felt that their sexual development had somehow stalled in an earlier stage of life, leading them to feel different from their peers and that they will never catch up. | ||
==Involuntary celibacy | ==Involuntary celibacy, a valid academic sociological term== | ||
While the Donnelly study's sample size was quite small, the study has been cited 62 times in scholarly literature, including an encyclopedia about family life, a peer-reviewed sociology journal, and various books by accredited sociologists and an accredited anthropologist, giving the term "involuntary celibacy" academic legitimacy, at least as a sociological term describing a real-life circumstance. | While the Donnelly study's sample size was quite small, the study has been cited 62 times in scholarly literature, including an encyclopedia about family life, a peer-reviewed sociology journal, and various books by accredited sociologists and an accredited anthropologist, giving the term "involuntary celibacy" academic legitimacy, at least as a sociological term describing a real-life circumstance. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||