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[[File:Percent_of_us_12th_graders_who_have_ever_dated.png|thumb|300x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Demographics of inceldom|The percent of high school students who date is plummeting.]] | [[File:Percent_of_us_12th_graders_who_have_ever_dated.png|thumb|300x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Demographics of inceldom|The percent of high school students who date is plummeting.]] | ||
'''[[Incel]]''' is an academic sociological term that is short for '''involuntary celibate''' or '''involuntary celibacy''' (also called "inceldom"), an [[adverse effects of inceldom|adverse]] life circumstance. An analogy many incels often find elucidating would be comparing the state of lifelong inceldom to other common adverse life circumstances, such as [[Pauper|poverty]]. | '''[[Incel]]''' is an academic sociological term that is short for '''involuntary celibate''' or '''involuntary celibacy''' (also called "inceldom"), an [[adverse effects of inceldom|adverse]] life circumstance. An analogy many incels often find elucidating would be comparing the state of lifelong inceldom to other common adverse life circumstances, such as [[Pauper|poverty]]. | ||
Inceldom was recognized in academia | Inceldom was recognized in academia as a sociological phenomenon in the landmark [[Donnelly study]] published in 2001. Many further peer-reviewed academic papers have since been written, portraying involuntary celibacy as a (mostly) adverse life circumstance rather than exclusively describing a specific internet subculture. | ||
Academic researchers who have examined involuntary celibacy (though not all use that exact term) include: [[Denise Donnelly]], [[Elizabeth Burgess]], [[Laura Carpenter]], [[Theodor F. Cohen]], and [[Menelaos Apostolou]]. [[Brian Gilmartin]] also conducted extensive research into the closely linked concept of [[love shy|love shyness]]. The initial study explicitly dealing with the topic of involuntary celibacy, the Donnelly Study, defined incels as all adults who fail to find a sexual partner for six months or more, despite their desire for one. However, among [[Incelosphere timeline#2020s|self-identified incels]], there is often fervent disagreement about the exact definition. | Academic researchers who have examined involuntary celibacy (though not all use that exact term) include: [[Denise Donnelly]], [[Elizabeth Burgess]], [[Laura Carpenter]], [[Theodor F. Cohen]], and [[Menelaos Apostolou]]. [[Brian Gilmartin]] also conducted extensive research into the closely linked concept of [[love shy|love shyness]]. The initial study explicitly dealing with the topic of involuntary celibacy, the Donnelly Study, defined incels as all adults who fail to find a sexual partner for six months or more, despite their desire for one. However, among [[Incelosphere timeline#2020s|self-identified incels]], there is often fervent disagreement about the exact definition. | ||