'The ancient social contract…is that a man will get a woman.' https://aeon.co/essays/humiliation-and-rage-how-toxic-masculinity-fuels-mass-shootings … [Have we reliable data on pre-modern surplus males?]
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Incels' contradictions make 'Four Lions look like Wittgenstein'. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/25/raw-hatred-why-incel-movement-targets-terrorises-women?CMP=share_btn_tw … 'It’s a very, very bleak worldview. And they’re not getting that from nowhere.'
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The 'Alana' cited as the creator of 'incel': https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a34512/woman-who-started-incel-movement/ … [via
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I don't understand why 'the libs' [particularly feminists] feel compelled to respond to this 'redistribution for the incels' trolling. Is it because it's to do with 'redistribution'?
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'from what Shechter has seen in her research, there’s no indication that men who feel cut off from sex and companionship are having significantly different experiences from their female counterparts'https://splinternews.com/unfuckable-women-dont-go-on-killing-sprees-1825746733 …
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'like in Calvin’s era, there are those who are marked for blessings and those who are marked for damnation, seemingly from birth…who we deem worthy of our love and attention, often lines up with demographics of other forms of power' https://www.damemagazine.com/2018/05/29/incels-arent-just-angry-young-men/amp/?__twitter_impression=true … [via
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Why geeks grief girl gamers: 'We hypothesised that female-initiated disruption of a male hierarchy incites hostile behaviour from poor performing males who stand to lose the most status.' https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131613 … [via
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'there are only two things that are worth risking yourself in war for…you rise up the status hierarchy, particularly as a man—and men do most of the fighting' and 'to ensure that they have membership of an in-group' http://www.businessinsider.com/the-cause-of-all-war-boils-down-to-sex-and-social-status-heres-why-mike-martin-2018-5 …
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