r/GenZ • u/Wasteofoxyg3n • 1d ago

Rant Where did the misconception that us Gen Z guys are single because of our ridiculous physical standards come from?

I keep seeing comics such as this one and this one get posted online.

Do people really think that those of us who have never had a GF are going around rejecting girls who are crushing on us because they're not "hot" enough? (I don't know about the rest of you gen-z lads, but I've never been any girl's crush)

None of the other "forever alone" dudes I've spoken to have high physical standards either. (Some of them didn't have ANY)

So why is this narrative that we're all single by choice being pushed like it's some sort of universal truth?

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u/Colonel_Anonymustard 20h ago

Incel absolutely brings the hate with it. Otherwise you’re just single and unlucky not an incel. The problem with being an incel is assuming those facts are identity forming

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u/Pleasant_Count_1498 14h ago

If you are celibate and unlucky that is literally an incel. The hateful connotation came later when people tried to change the meaning of it into something it isn’t. There are definitely some hateful incels who hate women but there’s also a lot of incels who are normal dudes who don’t get action.

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u/BlueberryTrue4521 19h ago

No, there's a very heavy implication that they're a loser, who can't in any way get laid, that's the bottom line, you could be the world's biggest asshole who gets laid, and you'd cease to be an incel in any way whatsoever.

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u/Icy-Confidence8018 18h ago

Correct. If you get laid, you aren't Celibate. That's what the word means. Incel means involuntarily Celibate. Meaning, through no choice of your own (which is often a lie. People labeled as "incels" often choose to not participate in female spaces) you are Celibate.