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They do decide to not be celibate. They also get to decide that it is involuntary, and to identify with the term "involuntary celibate", shortened to "incel". The study explicitly says:

> ...we compared a sample (n = 151) of self-identified male incels...

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The decision to not be celibate requires (at least) one more person who agrees with that decision. The decision to be celibate only requires yourself. That's the root of the problem...

But the decision to be misogynistic is independent of the decision to be celibate or not. And voluntary misogyny is the defining characteristic of the term "incel". There are many non-misogynistic non-inceles who want to get laid but can't for other reasons than choosing to hate women.

> They also get to decide that it is involuntary,

That doesn't make sense, then it's voluntary.

In layman's terms, "I want to get laid, but I can't" is the definition of involuntary celibate. If someone doesn't want to get laid, they - by definition - aren't an incel.

Yes, that is exactly the spirit of this paper – it refers to mating behavior.

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