This came to mind reading the thread about Chris Avellone's metoo response.
His accuser: https://miro.medium.com/max/1310/1*FFIXCEmICYAr1-XjH5GlLw.png
8 years ago, she superficially seems fairly normal, kind of cute. Today her twitter has BLM fists, WEARAMASK, pronouns in bio, danger hair, anti-fascist, anti-racist, resists, yadda yadda. You name it, she's got it. Her profile pic is deliberately a picture that makes her look like rabidly angry harridan. (She's also protected her tweets as of today.)
We all know the SJW movement is female driven. I think even SJWs admit that.
What happened to this girl in the last 8 years? Has she realized that society sucks? That her own life sucks? Her obsession with cons, consumerism, and then social justice has left her feeling empty?
Isn't that basically the MGTOW/Incel position? Society and my life sucks, and I'm checking out.
So... are SJWs basically the equivalent of MGTOW and Incels? Are SJWs the female expression of "my life sucks and society sucks and I don't know what to do about it."?
I guess the difference would be that many parts of MGTOW are ostensibly about internal self-improvement, while SJWs' focus is entirely external -- "improving" society.
Side note: "Femcel" is an impossible thing. For any female who wants to get some, there is a male thirsty enough to do it
Before I would compare them to the SJW position, I would separate the two.
MGTOW is learning to politely but firmly say "No thank you" to what you perceive as a bad deal, and walking away.
Incel on the other hand, I would liken to wallowing in self-pity as you descend further and further down an endless spiral of despair.
The average rank and file SJW I see as having a noble goal in mind, but they are invested into an ideology that has no plan to solve any of the problems they claim to want to fix. Instead of tackling the causes of the problems, they attack whoever is their political opponent, and rationalise their hypocrisy through cognitive dissonance.
I can see the parallels between Incels and SJWs — they are both unhappy with the world, and they both blame "The Other" for all the ills of society. However, the incels harbour a seemingly unassailable sense of learned helplessness, whilst the SJWs have managed to gain the favour of every mainstream institution, yet still consider themselves plucky underdog rebels fighting against "The Man".
Compared to MGTOW, I can't really see much from my point of view. The textbook sample of MGTOW are staying inconspicuous, keeping to themselves, and quietly trying to improve their own lives as best they can. The SJWs on the other hand, seemingly have to proselytize and partake in the congregation's chorus to ensure that they remain eligible to stay as members of The Right Side of History. Instead of self-introspection to evaluate whether what they are doing is improving their lives, they do as they are told because their authority figures have told them that it is For The Greater Good™.