On May 23 , 2014 , Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others before killing himself in Isla Vista , California , near the campus of University of California , Santa Barbara . These killings drew media attention to the concept of involuntary celibacy , and particularly the misogyny and glorification of violence that are a mainstay of many incel communities . Rodger self-identified as an incel and left behind a 137-page manifesto and YouTube videos detailing his involuntary celibacy and discussing how he wanted revenge for being rejected by women . He had been an active member of an involuntary celibacy community called PUAHate ( short for " pickup artist hate " ) , and referenced it several times in his manifesto . Although PUAHate shut down soon after the attack , Rodger became something of a martyr to some communities that remained , and to some of those that began later . He has been referenced by the perpetrators or suspected perpetrators of several other mass killings
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