The concept of incel is a product of toxic masculinity, but so is the idea that men are defined by their sexual conquests. The two ideas feed off each other
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I was not sexually active in my 20s (I'm not much more now) but I had therapists who helped me realize this wasn't a defect, it was just my reality.
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But I still cringe when people talk about male terrorists in terms of "they just need to get laid" or joke about MRAs by saying "they've clearly never had sex."
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I'm not saying "don't be mean to incels because they're really nice people." Many are clearly jerks. What I'm saying is quit placing people's value on their sex lives or lack thereof.
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Mow that is interesting
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I want to make it clear I'm not going to bat for these jerks; I just think they've bought into a narrative that goes a lot deeper than people care to admit
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