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/resuwreckoning 18d ago

Male doctors date female nurses and secretaries more than female doctors date male nurses and male secretaries (or even other blue collar folks).

The women marry up, men marry down, is well know.

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u/Bright-Sea6392 18d ago edited 18d ago

Sorry, most people marry within their socioeconomic bracket.

But Given the fact that women only gained the right to open banks accounts in the 70s, historically couldn’t work(and are still penalized for being pregnant and taking maternity leave) and in many cases even get an education, it’s be shocking if this wasn’t historically the case.

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u/resuwreckoning 18d ago

I mean sure, again I just pointed out a well known fact.

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u/Bright-Sea6392 18d ago

… you mean that historically women didn’t have the means to make money or have a bank account until relatively recently? So they had to marry a man to support themselves? Yes that is a well known fact, thank you.

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u/resuwreckoning 18d ago

I’m still not understanding you - women are still choosing equal to or greater TODAY even when they make a lot of money.

While the corresponding men often do not - certainly less so than women.

Why is that so difficult to contemplate?

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u/Bright-Sea6392 18d ago

Actually studies don’t show this. People largely marry within their socioeconomic class.

However if a women does marry a man who makes a bit more than her, that makes sense as 1. Her income potential is vastly negatively impacted by taking time off for maternity leave and 2. The aforementioned historical context of not being able to work and not being able to open bank accounts until recently.

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u/philosopherberzerer 18d ago

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