• keegomatic@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Not really. Incel implies a level of indoctrination into a misogynistic POV that has you convinced that you’re better off alone. It’s not the same as insulting someone for simply not having had sex yet.

    edit: not that I think either is a productive thing to call another person

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      26 days ago

      Incel implies a level of indoctrination into a misogynistic POV

      No one is thinking this deeply when they call a man who just said/did something they don’t like an “incel”. People just use it mindlessly as an insult, same as with “virgin”.