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Lecturer Promotes Speed Dating to Combat Incel Misogyny

4/23/2025

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Andrew Thomas, a lecturer at Swansea University, advocates for speed dating and date coaching as tools to help incels confront their misogyny. He points out that many incels struggle with social skills and empathy towards women. His remarks come in the wake of the Netflix series "Adolescence," which sheds light on the troubling influence of the incel movement on young boys.

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Andrew Thomas, a lecturer at Swansea University, advocates for speed dating and date coaching as tools to help incels confront their misogyny. He points out that many incels struggle with social skills and empathy towards women. His remarks come in the wake of the Netflix series "Adolescence," which sheds light on the troubling influence of the incel movement on young boys.