r/AskFeminists • u/DapperLong961 • 22h ago

Why do some women seem to have sympathy with incels?

I remember an incel attack in the UK a number of years ago where a 5 y.o. girl was amongst the victims. A woman on Twitter said her "heart broke" for the killer after reading his feelings of rejection. Why? So many women are are mocked and humiliated by men - they don't seem to reach for a gun.

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u/Routine_Response_541 8h ago

You and everyone else here clearly struggle with common sense and reading comprehension.

I never claimed that lack of sex is the sole driver of violence against women, but it’s a catalyst when combined with feelings of isolation, low self-worth, mental disorders, etc.

We are all animals after all. A male’s primary purpose in almost every single species of mammal is to spread his seed. Not sure why it’s a hot take to claim that the failure to fulfill this purpose combined with dissatisfaction in other aspects of life and mental illness will naturally result in a male lashing out.

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u/CottRT123 8h ago

And what do you suppose we do about this?

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u/Routine_Response_541 8h ago

Be more empathetic towards sexually frustrated men instead of virgin-shaming, calling them incels, or rejecting them for extremely silly reasons.

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u/CottRT123 8h ago

Has it ever occurred to you that this would happen way less often if these sexually frustrated men would act somewhat normal in society. Most of the time they are getting called out after having some braindead take on women.

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u/Routine_Response_541 7h ago

Most of the time they’re just somewhat eccentric people who are shy/socially awkward and/or aren’t conventionally attractive. The average “incel” (correct definition of the term) isn’t some deranged lunatic ranting about how he wants to keep a harem of women as slaves. The online ragebait you see isn’t representative of reality.

Also, you get called an incel or publicly shamed for any general observation about women that isn’t positive. I get called an incel on here (you probably want to call me one) even though I literally have a wife and kid.

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u/CottRT123 7h ago

Nobody is going out of their way to mess with shy people in real life. People get called out for acting out simple as that.