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What do you know about "incels"?
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May 15th, 2018
Alek Minassian, the van driver who mowed down 10 people in Toronto on April 23, 2018, was a self-identified “incel”, that is, “involuntarily celibate”. The term usually refers to online communities of men who self-identify with the term, which describes their frustration at being unable to find a romantic/sexual partner.
They might have remained obscure and relegated to internet forums had they not been associated with several mass murders, including the one mentioned above. Elliot Rodger, who murdered 6 people at UCSB in 2014, was apparently motivated by his “incel” status and referred to it in his manifesto.
This article suggests that incels are overt misogynists and “male supremacists” who often support violent ideology: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-rage-of-the-incels
Why does sexual frustration sometimes turn violent? What can be done to prevent further “incel”-fueled mass murders?
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