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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 harmful life circumstance rather than exclusively describing a specific internet subculture. | 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 harmful life circumstance rather than exclusively describing a specific internet subculture. | ||
cademic 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 of what an incel is. | |||
This wiki takes the stance, in agreement with the early academic research into the topic, that incel is not a movement or a community, but a gender-neutral life circumstance. Incels, both self-identified and not, are [[Demographics of inceldom|highly diverse politically, racially, religiously, and socioeconomically]]. | This wiki takes the stance, in agreement with the early academic research into the topic, that incel is not a movement or a community, but a gender-neutral life circumstance. Incels, both self-identified and not, are [[Demographics of inceldom|highly diverse politically, racially, religiously, and socioeconomically]]. | ||