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Likely more than 50% of adult [[virgin]]s are volcels.<ref>Haydon, A. A., Cheng, M. M., Herring, A. H., McRee, A.-L., & Halpern, C. T. (2013). Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Inexperience in Adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(2), 221–230. doi:10.1007/s10508-013-0164-3</ref> | Likely more than 50% of adult [[virgin]]s are volcels.<ref>Haydon, A. A., Cheng, M. M., Herring, A. H., McRee, A.-L., & Halpern, C. T. (2013). Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Inexperience in Adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(2), 221–230. doi:10.1007/s10508-013-0164-3</ref> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
Examples of volcels include [[MGTOW|"MGTOW monks"]], | Examples of volcels include [[MGTOW|"MGTOW monks"]], Catholic and Buddhist monks, nuns and priests, mystics in the Dharmic religions in general, people who have taken a 'purity pledge',<ref>https://christianjewelry.com/purity-pledge</ref> Skoptsy activists, extreme [[fapstinence|no-fappers]] (i.e. "semen retention"), certain minority Islamic mystical sects (such as the Qadiriyya),<ref>https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/830/files/93969/download?verifier=qCbWZurqw5Yt8hZSg1WeQAoK7bCRnVeCqy1WWNbE&wrap=1</ref><ref>https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/13487?mode=full</ref> sex strikers (usually female social activists), asexuals, etc. | ||
Some famous historical examples of individual volcels would be the Christian apostle Paul, who advised Christian men to eschew sexual intercourse and marriage, and the Buddha, who abandoned his wife and children to became an extreme ascetic monk. An extreme example of a Christian sect which practiced volceldom was the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers. Members of this sect were sworn to lifelong celibacy, which led to the group dying out due to this stricture, apart from a very small community that is currently still extant in the contemporary United States<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbathday_Lake_Shaker_Village</ref> | Some famous historical examples of individual volcels would be the Christian apostle Paul, who advised Christian men to eschew sexual intercourse and marriage, and the Buddha, who abandoned his wife and children to became an extreme ascetic monk. An extreme example of a Christian sect which practiced volceldom was the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers. Members of this sect were sworn to lifelong celibacy, which led to the group dying out due to this stricture, apart from a very small community that is currently still extant in the contemporary United States<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbathday_Lake_Shaker_Village</ref> | ||