Analysis of Twitter posts finds increased incel activity in US cities where men face higher competition for female partners
A new study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests that incel behavior may be partly driven by mating markets with higher competition among men. The researchers found higher incel-related Twitter activity in parts of the United States with a scarcity of women, higher income...
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A new study by the psychological journal shows that areas with tweets referring to incel culture and about the topic itself correlate with areas of "heightened sexual competition"
"The researchers used Twitter data to examine online incel activity across 582 commuting zones in the US. From an original database of 321 million tweets, the researchers extracted 3,649 tweets that contained terms primarily used by incels (incel tweets) and 3,745 tweets that contained terms used to discuss the incel subculture (tweets about incels). They then explored how incel activity was related to three mating market factors — sex ratios, income inequality, and gender equity."
"The results revealed that tweets containing language largely used by incels were more prevalent in commuting zones with a higher ratio of men to women and higher income inequality. Tweets containing language discussing incels were more common in zones with a higher male-to-female ratio, higher income inequality, fewer single women, and a smaller gender-income gap."
