What is an INCEL? | Involuntarily Celibate Mental Health & Personality

This video answers the question: What is an Incel? Incel stands for involuntarily celibate or involuntary celibate. It refers to an ideology and an online community. The involuntarily celibate tend to believe that only attractive men are able to have sex with attractive women, which leaves the involuntarily celibate unable to develop sexual relationships with women. Although most people who identify as Incels are not dangerous, there have been a few violent incidents involving people in this community:

- May 23, 2014: Isla vista California, a man named Elliott Roger killed six people and injured 14 others before killing himself

- October 1, 2015: Roseburg, Oregon, a man named Chris Harper-Mercer kills nine people and injures eight others before killing himself

- December 7, 2017: in Aztec, New Mexico, William Atchinson kills two people before killing himself

- February 14, 2018: Parkland, Florida, Nicholas Cruz kill 17 people and injured 17 others

-April 23, 2018: Toronto, Ontario, Alek Minassian drives the van through the North York City Center business district killing 10 and injuring 16

- November 2, 2018: Tallahassee, Florida, Scott Beierle killed two women before killing himself


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