I've been noticing an attempt by some on the Left to conflate all INCELS with the bitter, angry and/or violent incels or... what have you from the Male Rights Movement.
As someone who knows the Manosphere very well, I would like to clarify the position of Men's Rights Activists (MRA), Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), Pick up Artists (PUA), and InCels.
Men's Rights Activists (MRA) believe in Gender Equality, and we focus on issues in which men face discrimination in Modern Society. Paradoxically, we are close to the Dictionary definition of Feminism. We believe in Presumption of Innocence for men accused of Sexual Misconduct. Sadly, most modern Universities and employers practice Presumption of Guilt. We believe that male victims of Domestic Violence should get equal protection to female victims. Sadly, in Modern Western Society, male victims of Domestic Violence are more likely to be arrested then helped. We oppose Hate Speech directed at male gender. Sadly, anti-male Hate Speech is very common and widely tolerated on Social Media.
MRA ideas should not have been controversial. Unfortunately, female perpetrators of Domestic Violence have a vested interest in destroying our reputation by associating us with non-egalitarian fractions of the Manosphere.
Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) mention the same problems as MRAs, but their approach is not Egalitarian. MGTOWs believe that women are naturally abusive -- we disagree with that 100%.
Pick up Artists (PUA) are considerably more extreme then the two previous groups. In addition to viewing women as shallow, PUA also develop tactics for seducing women. Sometimes these tactics cross into Sexual Misconduct. Many Progressive men are in fact PUAs.
Even though about 50% of Modern American men are "involuntarily celibate", very few men subscribe to the
InCel ideology -- by far the most extreme branch of the Manosphere. InCel ideology blames women for refusing to date unattractive and low social status men. Obviously, this is absolutely wrong. InCel ideology does not stand for Egalitarianism and promotes Patriarchy as it existed in most Societies for about four millennia up to the end of XIXth Century. Their ideas are
morally wrong, impossible, and unviable.
Most men who are caught up into InCel ideology are lonely and disabled men. Many InCels have severe Depression. Even though a few InCels have committed inexcusable acts of Terrorism, most InCels harm only themselves.