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And we'll talk about the concept of lookism because that's what leads us to looks maxing in a little bit.
But the PSL scale comes along with this kind of, alongside this, they develop this intricate vocabulary for facial features primarily.
And I found a quote from an article in The Viewer by Maya Gilhog and Isabel Lee that gives an overview of this.
Quote, different physical traits impact the PSL rating someone receives.
A weak jaw, for example, makes a man a two out of 10, while a negative canthal tilt or downward slanted eyes repels universally.
Both characteristics, along with many more, are considered unmasculine by the incel community.
They signify weakness and low SMV or sexual market value, the primary measure of an individual's worth according to an incel.
And I don't think this gets enough attention.
There's some like toxic capitalism baked into incel ideology.
Which is the idea that like, well, everyone has an objective sexual market value.
Market value.
Market value.
Can I just say, I hate the fact that all of these terms are not new to me.
No, no, no.
I hate the fact that I've been so steeped in the far right and covering the far right that I'm like, oh yeah, this is not a new language.
Yeah, yeah.
No one wants to know this stuff.
This stuff is so.
And this is why you should elect me to Congress, because actually, no joke, part of it is like so much of this influences the Republican Party now, which is what we're going to get into.
But like, yep, this is the basis of when you're taking bad faith arguments and good faith of like the male loneliness epidemic.