Blackpill

The blackpill is a collection of empirically false theories and BDSM fiction that sadistic male supremacists invent in order to blame celibacy on feminism. The theory's proponents also blame celibacy on the sexual revolution, social liberalism, Antifa, leftism, technology existing, patriarchy not existing, women's right to vote, and women's rights in general.

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19% of respondents on a popular blackpill forum thread proposed legalized rape as the "solution" to inceldom, 17% supported male genocide, and 41% supported re-instituting patriarchy.[1]

The primary blackpill theory is that women only care about looks, and that social liberalism combined with hookup apps made a majority of women form harems around men with male model facial aesthetics.[2] This is the batshit insane theory blackpillers use to justify their extreme misogyny.

Journalists have also been known to falsely conflate "involuntary celibates" at large with blackpillers, and overinflate the real world significance of blackpillers. Such journalists have been known to present false narratives implying impending, cataclysmically widespread blackpiller violence in the USA,[3] even in the absence of credible threats with respect to that claim.[4] This has led to wider debate in journalism about irresponsible labeling of blackpillers by, "terrorism experts".[5]

Why the theory is wrong

Women generally don't use hookup apps, men do

Women generally don't flock to hookup apps, as 72% of Tinder users in the USA are male.[6] And only 7% of women in the US even opened Tinder (by far the most popular hookup app) in 2020,[7] let alone went on any dates on it.

Women also aren't having tons of promiscuous sex in the United States, whatever one may think about promiscuous sex, but it's a core of the blackpill philosophy that women are doing such a thing. The amount of sexually promiscuous women in the United States is still a strong minority.[8]

"80/20 rule" is bullshit

Blackpillers will often say that, "20% of men are 'getting' 80% of the women in society". Ask them to give a citation for this and they'll probably always cite dating app studies. What they of course always leave out is that almost 80% of hookup/dating apps are male, and in a mostly monogamous society their, "rule", is mostly just them not understanding the demographics of the apps they are using.

Blackpill rejection of muscle mass

Blackpillers will go on and on about how building muscle is "cope" for a man, implying it's a waste of time with regard to attracting women. They label men who attempt such things as "gymcels" and tell them there's no point to working out.

Contrary to their convoluted theories, it turns out that building muscle is a proven way to attract women... Who knew!

According to a study by UCLA, men who are muscular are 2× more successful than non-muscular men in having more than 3 sexual partners in their lifetime.[9]

Women's attitudes towards male, facial sexual dimorphism isn't static

Giga jaw — perhaps kinda gross

Blackpillers have this black and white obsession that women only care about hyper-masculine cheekbones and jawlines in men.

Women, in reality, have mixed preferences toward male facial masculinity nowadays.

In an eye-tracking study measuring female attraction to facial sexual dimorphism in men, there were mixed results. Women generally found androgynous faces attractive when they had less conventionally attractive facial features, and found masculine looking faces attractive when the men had more conventionally attractive facial features.[10]

Another study showed mixed results as well. Researchers Penton-Voak Ph.D. and Perrett Ph.D. conducted a study in which they manipulated computer generated composite faces of men and showed them to women. They adjusted for sexual dimorphism, creating faces with big defined jaws, and ones with more feminine jaws. Turned out that manly faces were not at all attractive to women when they weren't ovulating.[11]

Men are often more lookist than women

A core tenant of the blackpill philosophy is blaming women, but not men, for lookism. It actually turns out that men are more lookist than women in long-term relationships. And blackpillers claim to want long-term relationships. For example, a study by Pamela C. Regan and Ellen Berscheid of 70 men and women, rating 23 characteristics in sexual and marital desirability found that men cared more about the looks of a potential marriage partner. In other words, women cared less about looks than men.[12]

Why the overreaction in the media?

The false implication that blackpillers wield more power than a tiny street gang is probably due to the fact that relevant sensationalist journalists hate their lives and may be hybristophiliacs. What would be more accurate would be to point out that blackpillers are instead rather generically nerdy, anti-social, right-wing narcissists who absolutely love people taking them too seriously.

References

1. Hundreds of forum members. What "final solution" do you propose toward inceldom? Blackpill board. Retrieved February 5th 2021.
2. Lindsay, Angus Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved February 5th 2021.
3. https://www.vice.com/en/article/evj5ep/incel-shitposts-are-making-people-nervous-about-the-joker-premiere
4. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/us-military-warns-troops-violence-joker-screenings-1202176350/
5. https://theconversation.com/why-charging-incels-with-terrorism-may-make-matters-worse-139457
6. Distribution of Tinder users in the United States as of June 2020, by gender. Statista. Retrieved February 5th 2021.
7. Percentage of adults in the United States who use Tinder as of April 2020, by gender Statista. Retrieved February 5th, 2021.
8. Promiscuous America: Smart, Secular, and Somewhat Less Happy by Nicholas H. Wolfinger (April 18, 2018) Institute for Family Studies.
9. Frederick, David. Why Is Muscularity Sexy? Tests of the Fitness Indicator Hypothesis Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Retrieved February 5th, 2021.
10. Yang, Ting. Preferences for sexual dimorphism on [[attractiveness levels: An eye-tracking study Personality and Individual Differences. Retrieved February 5th, 2021.
11. Penton-Voak, I.S Female preference for male faces changes cyclically: Further evidence Evolution and Human Behavior. Retrieved February 5th, 2021.
12. Regan, Pamela Gender differences in characteristics desired in a potential sexual and marriage partner. Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality. Retrieved February 5th, 2021.