Brett Kavanaugh has earned the respect of incels everywhere

Brett Kavanaugh.
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Allegations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh may have drawn the ire of feminists. But in the misogynistic world of "incels," the embattled Supreme Court nominee has a different reputation.

Incels, a group of apparently sexually deprived men who've shortened the term "involuntarily celibate" to describe their plight, have paid close attention to Kavanaugh's confirmation proceedings, The Daily Beast reports. They particularly pulled out a line in Kavanaugh's Monday interview on Fox News, in which Kavanaugh defended himself against an assault allegation by saying he "did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter."

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.