Lately I've been reading up on incels, and while I absolutely think that a lot of the gross misogyny from some of their online communities is appalling, I wonder about the term itself.
obviously the term is short for 'involuntarily celibate', which makes me wonder why every time i see the term used by 'woke' people it's used as a pegorative.
the term 'involuntarily celibate' can apply to a lot of people. True, a portion of them are misguided and entitled creeps, but why about those folks who just can't get laid due to being awkward or ugly or whatever, and don't feel like they are owed anything by the world around them. No compassion for them? Is there a non-pejorative term for those types?
kinda new to discovering this whole world and just curious.
(note: I'm not an Incel by any definition)
obviously the term is short for 'involuntarily celibate', which makes me wonder why every time i see the term used by 'woke' people it's used as a pegorative.
the term 'involuntarily celibate' can apply to a lot of people. True, a portion of them are misguided and entitled creeps, but why about those folks who just can't get laid due to being awkward or ugly or whatever, and don't feel like they are owed anything by the world around them. No compassion for them? Is there a non-pejorative term for those types?
kinda new to discovering this whole world and just curious.
(note: I'm not an Incel by any definition)