Q. Incel Movement was seen in the news recently. Which of the following correctly explains the movement?
Answer: B
Notes:
Experts have warned that the ‘incel’ movement is slowly becoming a threat to law and order.
- The movement came into the spotlight yet again in the UK’s Plymouth, where a 22-year-old man shot dead five people, including a toddler.
About Incel Movement:
- Incels are a large online community of men who describe themselves as “involuntary celibates”.(Celibates means a person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations).
- Men who are part of this movement have a deep resentment towards both women and other men who are sexually active.
- They blame women for their own lack of sexual and social status. Moreover. an extreme section of Incels even advocates violence against women.
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