NearlyOver
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Share your thoughts about this author's conclusions about what drives inceldom. Some quotes:
" 'Involuntary celibacy' isn’t about sex, it’s about status." &
"What’s at the heart of ... the incel phenomenon more generally, says Jennifer Bosson, a masculinity researcher at the University of South Florida, is the concept of 'precarious masculinity.' ...Manhood is conceptualized as something that has to be earned ... And once you earn it, you have to defend it. It can be lost. Look at almost any culture ... and you’ll find that men, as a group, have higher status than women. But within men there are huge disparities. Cars, clothes, jawlines: Some guys have them and some don’t. For the have-nots, it feels like they’re not reaping the benefits of being in the dominant group, like they’re being denied what’s owed to them. When women lack power we’re just like, ‘Oh I’m a woman' ... When men lack power, they’re like, ‘Hey, this isn’t fair.’
In other words, the incel phenomenon has nothing to do with sex — duh — and everything to do with entitlement."
" 'Involuntary celibacy' isn’t about sex, it’s about status." &
"What’s at the heart of ... the incel phenomenon more generally, says Jennifer Bosson, a masculinity researcher at the University of South Florida, is the concept of 'precarious masculinity.' ...Manhood is conceptualized as something that has to be earned ... And once you earn it, you have to defend it. It can be lost. Look at almost any culture ... and you’ll find that men, as a group, have higher status than women. But within men there are huge disparities. Cars, clothes, jawlines: Some guys have them and some don’t. For the have-nots, it feels like they’re not reaping the benefits of being in the dominant group, like they’re being denied what’s owed to them. When women lack power we’re just like, ‘Oh I’m a woman' ... When men lack power, they’re like, ‘Hey, this isn’t fair.’
In other words, the incel phenomenon has nothing to do with sex — duh — and everything to do with entitlement."