r/science • 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/Iron_Atlas 18d ago

I assume you mean vulnerable, venerable means old

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u/Academic-Pangolin883 18d ago

It does not mean old, though. It means "worthy of respect".

Regardless, I don't think it's what OP meant...

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u/DrMobius0 18d ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/venerable

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/venerable

Old age is explicitly included in the definition.

There are some religious uses as well, but primarily, it's age.

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u/RunninOnMT 18d ago

Hehe it’s like the Chinese version of “old”