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These
bigoted views on race and
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ethnicity, anti-feminism, coupled
by the paradigm that accounts for
the sexual successes of Stacys and
Chads, contribute to incel mem-
bers claim that society is structur-
ally responsible for their so-called
“sexual oppression.”
guage at fellow
“members,”
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couraging already marginalized
and distraught persons to commit
suicide.
Elliot Rodger, 22, an incel mem-
ber who killed six people (two
women) and injured 14 others
in Isla Vista, California, in 2014,
Oddly, too, participants on incel explained his predicament, “I’ve
forums have spewed harsh lan- been forced to endure an existence
(Self-described involuntary celibates, or incels, have been tied to a handful of mass shootings in
the past few years. Blaming women and society in general, they feel that their sex-less lives are a
direct result of social progress. Joey is 23 and lives in West Palm Beach. He’s identified as an "in-
cel" since late high school, and, for three years, has moderated an incel chatroom tied to the 4chan
board /r9k/. Elle Reeve visits him to learn more about this bizarre, and potentially dangerous, sub-
culture. Courtesy of VICE News and YouTube. Posted on Aug 2, 2018.)
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