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Bad Boys: Why Women Love Them
Incels are right about one thing: women fall for bad boys. The reasons why are not what they think.
Incels’ core philosophy is this: women are ruined in the modern age (thanks, feminism!) and are so superficial and shallow that “nice guys” don’t stand a chance with them. In incel language, a “Stacy” (a hot, superficial girl) is only interested in fucking “Chad” (a hot, but bad, boy who is not chivalrous or respectful). Thus, “nice guys” are “involuntarily celibate,” or “incel.” The whole subculture revolves around this basic assumption that women only want bad boys who will mistreat them, because bad boys are the hot ones.
Ignoring the obvious problems with this worldview, it’s worth noting that it’s not only incels who assume that women prefer bad boys. It’s a major assumption in our culture, one gleefully portrayed in movies and TV shows that feature a geeky nice guy who eventually gets the girl, while the hot guys are shown as the ones who smoke, drink, and steal…
