Some self-identified incels ("involuntary celibate," a term to describe men who are angry women won't have sex with them) praised Clark. One user on the website incel.co, wrote, "her death pleases me." Another said, "Honestly, based on screenshots the thot [that ho over there] was a horrible person anyway and reaped what she sowed."
A user with an avatar of Elliot Roger — who killed six people near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2014, and wrote a manifesto in which he blamed women for his loneliness — wrote "he orbits her for god knows how long, she belittles him makes him feel like human sh*** and treats him this way."
Experts say many posts from self-identified incels are misogynistic and violent. Their chatter may be extreme online, but experts say these posts reflect views about women's inferiority that make them vulnerable to male aggression in real-life.
"I think there is an especially intense thing going on against women. Men are fighting for their maleness, fighting for other men, and they are committing these acts and getting a lot of pats on the back for it," said Andrews.
Southworth says it's essential for boys and men to see girls and women as equals.
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