What's the consensus on the definition of incel? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Is it simply: involuntarily celibate, or does it come with a package?

To me, "incel" has always meant someone who’s simply just celibate against their will, but it feels like the term now also implies a specific worldview or even a subculture. Does identifying as an incel automatically come with those negative beliefs around gender and society, or should those two have separate terms? Has the definition changed?"

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[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

We already have the term "virgin" for people who haven't had sex. The reason they made a new term is so the "involuntarily" part makes them a victim. See, it's not just that they aren't having sex (which they TOTALLY deserve, btw), but they're being actively denied it.

It's a term born in anger and a need to blame someone else. If you don't feel that need, you don't use the term.

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 months ago

this true. you can have sex at one time and then be in a period of involuntary celibacy. I mean it means sexual abstinate currently but not never having had sex like virigin does.

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