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Article body: Incel Community
Incels, or involuntary celibates, is an online community of men who believe they cannot get into heterosexual relationships. They share a common belief that women pick partners based solely on looks, so due to their unattractiveness, they will be alone forever. Due to this perception of themselves, incels in turn hate women, and believe that men are systematically discriminated against. Incels have a large network of male-oriented websites dedicated to the cyber hate of women, discrimination, and networking of misogyny In the incel form of misogyny, all women are discriminated against, however, women of color are doubly denigrated by sexism and racism. Incels endorse and participate in sexism, racism, and mass violence. They are not only a threat in online communities, but they also carry their misogyny over to killing sprees, like the 2014 Isla Vista Massacre that inspired other incel acts of violence. Incel existence and rhetoric is a good example of misogyny online.

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