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Why do incels exist?
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Anonymous 7w

It’s complicated. Women hating on men believe it or not doesn’t help, but most incels would have turned out that way regardless.

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Anonymous 7w

Mostly because of dating apps

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Anonymous 7w

They’re mostly all just losers who resent women because they never get attention from women. So they attack women to feel better. That’s like 90% of it. I’d say the other 10% comes from the “man hating” that is becoming more and more popular online. What started out as a great idea like “women can be independent and don’t need a man” turned into toxic things like “all men are trash”. A vocal minority online likes to spew that hate, which I think helps convert more lonely men into incels

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Anonymous 7w

Involuntary celibacy

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Anonymous 7w

Because a lot of men think women are the reason why they can’t get laid and they resent them for it

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Anonymous 7w

Because my parents decided to have a child 20 years ago

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Anonymous 7w

High screen time and no war. Back in the day, those men would've been cannon fodder or working in a mine away from polite society and we would never have to hear from them.

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Anonymous 7w

Why do incels exist? Because women exist, obviously ☝️🤓. Why are incels incels™️? A plethora of social, psychological, economic, and other factors, often confounded. We can debate the pathology forever, but the more poignant question is: they exist—so what now?

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Anonymous 7w

public school teachers

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

wait explain that

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 7w

Ignoring the accuracy of the 90|10 numbers, I feel like a large portion of incels aren’t a result of a lack of female attention. They resent women, but it’s usually do to echo chambers and poor male role models as well. If you have a good father and mother, and you still become an incel, there was something fundamentally wrong with you. (Using the idea that you need to hate women to be an incel, that small bridge is holding a lot of weight)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

A lot of men try to use dating apps as way to find dates but since the gender ratio on these apps is absolutely cooked they eventually end up getting no matches. This creates frustration which can eventually lead to resentment and the adoption of the incel ideology

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 7w

Idk if it’s the gender ratio, everyone’s just too full of themselves, whether that’s guys swiping on women out of their league, or girls swiping on men out of their league, people are just too full of themselves. Not to say that looks SHOULD gatekeep your opportunities, I honestly think there are other qualities that should have priority, but you at least have to have some immaculate vibes if you’re “unconventionally attractive” on a dating app.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

Okay lady Gaga

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 7w

Idk, I wouldn’t call myself an incel, but the widespread man hate leaves some resentment in me

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 7w

Also since a lot of men swipe on every woman and then converse if they’re actually interested, a lot of women download them solely to boost their self-esteem

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 7w

Don’t consider it widespread man hate, it is functionally the same type of rationalization that some men use to think “all girls that turn me down or that I don’t like are sluts (therefore)…” It is hate, but it’s also an automatic defense mechanism, so if you see someone on the internet saying something like that, try not to burden yourself by taking it personally.

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 7w

Also not necessarily a girl thing, when I had the apps I did the same thing, but I just wouldn’t text any of the girls cause I would overthink and not get a response unless I was drunk and didn’t give a shit.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 7w

yeah i always hear men say they’re lucky if they get 1 like a day. they’re right that women get more likes because i get almost 10+ likes a day😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

i agree. men need to go to war more

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 7w

It’s not widespread, but also keep in mind incels aren’t widespread. Both are prevalent and noticeable occurrences, but neither are close to being the majority. They are very small minority groups that just aren’t fun to be around.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Men don’t need to go to war more. Speaking from an American perspective, we have started too many wars only for our immediate economic interests. There is no long term planning or strategizing when all that matter is getting elected for another 4 years your first term, and doing whatever you want your second term.

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 7w

Hey, public school teacher here. Not sure what you mean by this, please elaborate.

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 7w

no.

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