I agree with you. This movement is terrible but is also a consequence of something bigger, and that is men not knowing how to face rejection and women not expressing themselves correctly.
I believe it has a lot to do with self-esteem and what schools are doing to help young adults and teenagers to deal with rejection. I do not include the family because I think it's harder for a parent to talk about these matters, but I do believe schools should take the time to improve their psychological cares towards teens and help them to create better coping techniques.
This insane high-school survivalism has been driving kids crazy for years and it obviously has consequences for everyone in and out of that context.
Right? For this reason, as well as many others, I refuse to let my kiddos go to a public school. In addition, I think a lot of it comes from the pop-cultural fountain pen of barf that spews from our screens that paints a reality that is not actuality. Look how TV character relationships work vs how relationships work in the real world? I dunno about you, but my relationship issues cannot be fixed in a 22 minute "episode". Thanks for responding! My dude was one of these "incels" once. All they need is love. Ah, snap, I quoted the Beatles again. Is it too late to put on some quotes?