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Sodini’s
website chronicled his
www.AmericanSecurityToday.com
rejection by women, which he de-
scribed as resulting in severe sex-
ual frustration.
Male incel doctrinaires,
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icalized and communicating on-
line (e.g., Reddit, Facebook, and
incel-oriented websites) lament
their inability to develop a roman-
Ten years later, this melding of tic relationship with a woman.
disdain against women, sexu-
Some incels believe it is their
al frustration, and accompany-
right to have such relations: a
ing violence are characteristic of pseudo-sense of “aggrieved enti-
a dangerous faction of a strange tlement.”
movement termed, incel, for “in-
voluntary celibate.”
They attribute their incapacities to
(A new BBC documentary highlights the subculture consisting mostly of men that began as a com-
munity for providing comfort and evolved into one that led some individuals to real-life violence.
Courtesy of ABC News and YouTubee. Posted on Aug 14, 2019.)
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