She created the website to discuss her sexual inactivity with others. The website was founded by a university student living in Toronto known only by her first name, Alana. The first website to use the term "incel" was founded during the 1990s, although media is conflicted on whether this occurred during 1993 or 1997. Incel communities have been increasingly criticized by scholars and commentators for their misogyny, the condoning and encouragement of violence, and extremism. Since 2014, multiple mass killings have been perpetrated by self-identified incels, as well as other instances of violence or attempted violence. Estimates of the overall size of the subculture vary greatly, ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands of individuals.
Incels are mostly male and heterosexual, and are often white. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) described the subculture as "part of the online male supremacist ecosystem" that is included in their list of hate groups. Discussions in incel forums are often characterized by resentment and hatred, misogyny, misanthropy, self-pity and self-loathing, racism, a sense of entitlement to sex, and the endorsement of violence against women and sexually active people. For other uses, see Incel (disambiguation).Īn incel ( / ˈ ɪ n s ɛ l/ IN-sel, a portmanteau of " involuntary celibate") is a member of an online subculture of people who define themselves as unable to get a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.
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