I keep seeing posts mentioning this phenomenon more and more often.

For instance:

More and more men are being sucked into parts of the internet that circulate misogynist content, leaving their families to deal with the wreckage

‘Andrew Tate phenomena’ surges in schools - with boys refusing to talk to female teacher

Like, why? Why now? Why even? I really wish I had a time machine where I could go to the future and ask them what the general reasons were for this social development. But I feel like I’m looking for the specific thorn on a cactus that popped my balloon.

  • @[email protected]
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    332 months ago

    Part of it is that women have achieved an educational level as a group that allows them to make better choices. They no longer have to choose which is the nicer wife beater in their town.

    The incels seem to have a problem with this. The idea of having to compete based upon personality, likability and in general the ability to treat another person as a human being bothers them.

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      162 months ago

      And if we let this follow the path it’s on, they’ll try to put us in burqas rather than working to become better people.

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      The incels

      Weaponizing shaming like this is part of the issue. Young boys and men are bullied and called incels because they don’t conform to whatever BTS image girls and women fantasize about these days. They’re not given a chance to come out of their shells, and being shamed, won’t ever try to.

      It’s a shame that body shaming boys is in vogue and perpetrated by those who support big models and HAES.

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        82 months ago

        I think you have incel confused with something completely different.

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          2 months ago

          I’ve heard young women call men “incels” as an insult, what are you talking about?

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            An incel is someone wbo claims ro be involuntarily incelibate, as in no one wants to fuck them. The incels claim it is based on looks, but it is because they have shitty, hate filled personalities where they blame women for their problems.

            It doesn’t have anything to do with looks. It might have something to do with dressing like an Tate fanboy though.

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              02 months ago

              Yes that is the definition.

              However, it’s now being used as an insult as well. I’ve been called this even though I’ve been married 20 years with children, by a 40 year old spinster.

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                52 months ago

                Calling someone a spinster in that context gives off incel vibes.