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One is the loneliest number: Involuntary celibacy (incel), mental health, and loneliness - PMC
Incels—a ragtag collection of young males who have rallied around their shared experience of romantic rejection—have slowly emerged as an online group of interest to researchers, no doubt as a result of several high-profile attacks. Much of this ...
The Angry Echo Chamber: A Study of Extremist and Emotional Language Changes in Incel Communities Over Time - PMC
Involuntary celibates, or incels, are part of a growing online subculture. Incels are men who are unable to engage in a sexual relationship with a woman and who experience significant distress and anger as a result. In recent years, high-profile ...
A huge flaw with these studies is that they study incels the same way a zoologist studies lions. An outsider observing the in-group. No self-admitted incels or former incels are ever included in organizing the study or being interviewed. That said, I can't say a lot of their findings are flat-out wrong. They're just bluepill.Involuntary celibates (“incels”) refers to a group consisting mostly of heterosexual men that exists predominantly in online spaces. These men are united by a belief that they are victimized by a postfeminist society, leading to an inability to engage in sexual intimacy with women. Recent acts of mass violence have been linked to self-identified incels, leading to an increased need for awareness of incel worldviews, argot, and demographics among psychiatrists. Limited research exists to describe this heterogenous group, with existing data suggesting higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation within the demographic. This column reviews the incel worldview, existing literature, how to identify an individual with incel beliefs based on vocabulary and internet usage, and treatment modalities.
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