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[[File:Incel Pride Flag - dark.png|thumb|[[Inceldom pride flag]].]]
[[File:Incel Pride Flag - dark.png|thumb|A proposed 'Inceldom pride flag'.]]
[[File:67.jpg|thumb|right|What [[Wikipedia Incel Article|Wikipedia]] tries to present what incels want vs. what most incels actually want.]]
[[File:fragilebigots2.png|thumb|right|Incels are the vanguard of tearing down gender roles]]
'''Incel''' is a [[Donnelly Study#Incel is now a valid academic sociological term|sociological term]] that is short for '''involuntary celibate''' or '''involuntary celibacy''', a common [[Adverse effects of inceldom|adverse]] life circumstance.<ref>Donnelly, Denise; Burgess, Elisabeth; Anderson, Sally; Davis, Regina; Dillard, Joy (2001). [http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html "Involuntary Celibacy: A life course analysis"]. The Journal of Sex Research. 38 (2): 159–169. doi:10.1080/00224490109552083</ref><ref>Shehan, Constance L., ed (February 29, 2016). "Celibacy". [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119085621 The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies]. 1. John Wiley & Sons. p. 238. ISBN 9780470658451</ref><ref>Carpenter, Laura M. (2010). "Gendered Sexuality Over the Life Course: A Conceptual Framework". Sociological Perspectives. University of California Press. 53 (2): 155–178. doi:10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.155. JSTOR 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.155</ref><ref>Harvey, John H.; Wenzel, Amy; Sprecher, Susan, eds. (2004). The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships. Mahwah, New Jersey: Taylor & Francis. p. 900. ISBN 9781135624699. Retrieved 2015-12-30.</ref><ref>Strong, Bryan; Cohen, Theodore (2013). The Marriage and Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society. Belmont, California: Cengage Learning. p. 50. ISBN 1133597467. Retrieved 2015-12-30.</ref> The condition of being incel is also called '''inceldom'''. This condition of being ''incel'' is a certain kind of [[nonsexualities|nonsexuality]]. "Incel" is used almost exclusively to designate a male incel (making it a synonyme of "[[malecel]]"); for female involuntary celibates, the term [[femcel]] is used.


The term "incel" often means different things to different people, leading to confusion, that being said the [[incelosphere]] can not be accurately described as a political movement. It can't even be described solely as a subculture or a collection of [[incel community|communities]], since there are considerable amount of self-identified incels who are not part of any incel forum or group. Therefore, the incelosphere is a subculture as much as trans people are a subculture. For some academics, self-identified incels and this wiki, the word refers to the literal circumstance of being celibate against one's will. However, to mainstream communities, "incel" often refers to a hateful [[misogynist]] and/or an involuntarily celibate person who is part of an online community of hateful misogynists.<ref>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/incel</ref> This often leads [[Normie|normies]] to believe that self-identified incels use the term as an outward display of hate, whereas actual self-identified incels often use the term in a self-deprecating or self-defeating manner.
'''Incel''', short for '''involuntary celibacy''', is a sociological term<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224490109552083</ref> and adverse life circumstance. The term describes individuals who can not engage in romantic or sexual relationships despite a desire to. The term mainly refers to men ([[malecel]]), with a counterpart term [[femcel]] used for women. The term '''inceldom''' is commonly used to refer to the state of involuntary celibacy.


In some countries such as the [[Netherlands_Government%27s_Model_for_Combatting_Inceldom|Netherlands]], there have been efforts of recognizing [[sex]] as a basic need.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170503151557/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/04/news/04iht-sex_.html</ref>
With the term [https://incels.wiki/w/Incelosphere_timeline originating in classical literature], involuntary celibacy is increasingly recognized as a significant social circumstance, with varying interpretations and definitions. While some view involuntary celibacy as a nonsexual identity, others associate it with online communities who self-identify as incel, often from a negative perspective. Indeed, the Cambridge Dictionary and [[Wikipedia]] definitions of incel define the term exclusively as referring to "misogynistic [...] nihilistic [...] online subcultures".<ref>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/incel</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel</ref> These hostile definitions of inceldom have been disputed and arguably constitute misinformation.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Inceldom_FAQ</ref><ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/articles-heterodoxy/202208/inside-the-minds-the-incels</ref>
 
The concept of involuntary celibacy is not confined to a single political movement or online subculture. Many self-identified incels do not participate in any specific online forum. Major modern incel forums include [[incels.is]].
 
Efforts to understand and address involuntary celibacy include academic research<ref>https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22incel%22+involuntary+celibacy&oq=%22incel%22</ref> and policy discussions. In certain countries like the Netherlands, there have been considerations of sex as a basic human need.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170503151557/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/04/news/04iht-sex_.html</ref>


No mass murderers are known to have been primarily motivated to commit their crimes by online communities devoted to involuntary celibacy. Neither [[4chan]] nor [[PUAhate]] have self-identified as incel forums, even though some incels use or used those sites. Current major incel internet forums are: [[Incels.co]], [[Yourenotalone.co]], [[Love-shy dot com|love-shy.com]], [[Incelswithouthate]], and [[Foreveralone]].
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Celibacy comes from Latin ''caelibatus'' 'unmarried state.' From the 1950s onward celibacy shifted in meaning to refer to a state of [[sexlessness]], [[volcel|voluntarily or otherwise]], without reference to [[marriage|marital status]].<ref>https://www.etymonline.com/word/celibacy</ref>
Celibacy comes from Latin ''caelibatus'' 'unmarried state.' From the 1950s onward celibacy shifted in meaning to refer to a state of [[sexlessness]], [[volcel|voluntarily or otherwise]], without reference to [[marriage|marital status]].<ref>https://www.etymonline.com/word/celibacy</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Wagecuck]]
*[[Wagecuck]]
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* [[:Category:Poems|Incel-themed poems]]
* [[:Category:Poems|Incel-themed poems]]
* [[:Category:Essays|Essays on inceldom]]
* [[:Category:Essays|Essays on inceldom]]
==Meme gallery==
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==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[https://www.webmd.com/men/features/sexless-in-the-city#1 WebMD article on involuntary celibacy] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190330190511/https://www.webmd.com/men/features/sexless-in-the-city archived version])
*[https://www.webmd.com/men/features/sexless-in-the-city#1 WebMD article on involuntary celibacy] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190330190511/https://www.webmd.com/men/features/sexless-in-the-city archived version])
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