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#660 William Costello: The Psychology of Involuntary Celibates (Incels), and Modern Mating

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The Role of Evolutionary Psychology in Therapy

Incels have always said to me in interviews, they feel their problems have been minimized or even not acknowledged at all. And if we go back to our finding about this tendency for interpersonal victimhood, that need for recognition is completely not being met at all. It's not been taken into account. So I think there's a role to maybe inform mental health practitioners about the incel problem specifically and also an evolutionary psychology informed therapy.

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