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How a masculine culture that favors sexual conquests gave us today's 'incels'

  • Written by Ross Haenfler, Associate Professor, Grinnell College
Students march on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara to honor the six victims of a mass killing after a young man went on a rampage after being bitter over sexual rejection.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File

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