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Incels, Misogyny, and Castration

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The Problem Isn't Just the Feeling That No One Has a Right to Have Sex

Ross: The in-sell figure is so explicit, it's so explicitly about the others enjoyment and how I'm being deprived of that enjoyment. Incels are invested in an image of this non-lacking enjoyment that's tied to having sex. Ross: It takes cultural messaging literally and is unable to see the work of fiction. That's sort of the position of the psychotic. And like we were raised by TV to say that everyone would have multiple people to look at friends with as the insult on the show.

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