Bitter male virgins have gone from lurking online to waging a 'war on women'
For a long time, they've fantasised about violence in chat groups. Now men who identify as incels (involuntary celibates) are killing — and dying — for their rage
29 August 2021 - 00:03
We have lived through a lot — black lives matter, woke, extinction rebellion, violent porn. Now we're witnessing the rise of the incel. Incel stands for involuntary celibate. Over the past year the movement has had an increased presence online. Incels even have their own language. A girl is a "Becky", a guy is a "Chad"; a "roastie", possibly the most disgusting of all, describes a sexually active girl's labia as roast beef...
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