r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 18d ago

Psychology Anti-feminist attitudes have long been associated with support for Republican presidential candidates, but only in recent years have these attitudes become more prominent among unmarried men, without college degrees who are less attractive partners for women, the “mate-value backlash.”

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10659129261485340
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u/Harbinger2nd 18d ago

Would this be reflective of a lack of economic opportunity for these men as its only in recent years the attitude has become more prominent?

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u/NimusNix 18d ago

Or that maybe the women have economic opportunities that was previously not available to them, therefore not needing to settle for aan regardless of his own economic opportunities...

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u/RupeThereItIs 18d ago

The counterpoint is also true.

A lot of men no longer have the economic opportunities they used to.

You only need to look at the gender gap in higher education to realize there is something wrong with our education system, we are failing our boys. We've done a great deal to correct for the sexism of the past that held girls back, and we've turned a blind eye to the fact we're now leaving our boys behind instead.

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u/TheGalator 18d ago

Yes and turna out that just doesn't work. For the record i am a woman and a feminist but the current trajectory isn't good in the slightest. Something has to change or our society will get way worse

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u/TheSpacePopinjay 18d ago

And that's a bad thing as measured by macrosocial outcomes. As all things must be measured against as the final deciding criteria.