I'm going to be very careful speaking to this point, because I am not familiar with the realities of sex work, but I would imagine that incels would be absolute nightmares as clients. Sex workers aren't the answer. https://twitter.com/catmara73/status/989182559400726528 …
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But yes, 100% of the people saying "if someone had just given X a pity fuck, none of this would have happened" are 100% wrong. "Celibate" is the the least important part of the word "incel".
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They are men who feel powerless, rejected, undesired, and invisible. And they cast the blame for their feelings outward, particularly at women, who they believe are ignoring them with a kind of malicious indifference.
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Characterizing these men as "sexually frustrated" is a mistake, because it accepts their framing of the argument rather than the reality that can be inferred from their behaviour. They don't want sex, they want the status that accompanies being sexy.
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This is a half-baked thought, but it came up reading your post. A lot of serial killers have targeted sex workers both because of their vulnerability and because it provided an easy outlet for that similar homicidal misogyny. The sex didn't stop the killing.
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