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==Popularizing Involuntary Celibacy in Academia and Solid Formation of Definition==
==Popularizing Involuntary Celibacy in Academia and Solid Formation of Definition==
'Involuntarily celibate' is a valid academic sociological term proposed by [[Alana]] and popularized in Donnelly's study, referring to people who would like to have a sexual or romantic partner but can't find one for 6 months or more. The date may seem arbitrary, but there had to be a cutoff point, and [[Denise Donnelly]] chose 6 months as that factored in that some sexually active people go weeks without sex, and people start to worry about their sex lives after a certain period of time longer than that period.
'Involuntarily celibate' is a valid academic sociological term coined by [[Antoine Banier]] and abbreviated by [[Alana]] and subsequently popularized in Donnelly's study, referring to people who would like to have a sexual or romantic partner but can't find one for 6 months or more. The date may seem arbitrary, but there had to be a cutoff point, and [[Denise Donnelly]] chose 6 months as that factored in that some sexually active people go weeks without sex, and people start to worry about their sex lives after a certain period of time longer than that period.


==The Study==
==The Study==

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