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An incel murdered their daughter and photos of it spread online: ‘They would tag us in it’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It means involuntarily celibate, it's a very loose term, it can refer to some slightly organized groups, but mostly it is used informally. One of the big problems with it, is a lot of young guys get sucked into this bullshit because they expected a sexual relationship to happen sooner.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that is kinda fucked then. So like a shit ton of people have this label attached to them for not getting laid and the media makes them out to be some kind of sexually frustrated freddy kruger. Talk about punching down.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

The "incel community" in the article is made up of men who have labeled themselves, as a way of blaming women for not giving them the sex they feel they "deserve," instead of making any real effort to connect with women as people. They come off as creepy because they are power-hungry creeps.