I keep seeing posts mentioning this phenomenon more and more often.

For instance:

More and more men are being sucked into parts of the internet that circulate misogynist content, leaving their families to deal with the wreckage

‘Andrew Tate phenomena’ surges in schools - with boys refusing to talk to female teacher

Like, why? Why now? Why even? I really wish I had a time machine where I could go to the future and ask them what the general reasons were for this social development. But I feel like I’m looking for the specific thorn on a cactus that popped my balloon.

  • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
    511·
    13 hours ago

    I’ve heard young women call men “incels” as an insult, what are you talking about?

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      162·
      13 hours ago

      An incel is someone wbo claims ro be involuntarily incelibate, as in no one wants to fuck them. The incels claim it is based on looks, but it is because they have shitty, hate filled personalities where they blame women for their problems.

      It doesn’t have anything to do with looks. It might have something to do with dressing like an Tate fanboy though.

      • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
        56·
        11 hours ago

        Yes that is the definition.

        However, it’s now being used as an insult as well. I’ve been called this even though I’ve been married 20 years with children, by a 40 year old spinster.