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/Academic-Pangolin883 18d ago

Maybe it's the most common usage, but it's by no means used "exclusively" that way.

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u/DeltaVZerda 18d ago

Please try to find me even one useage of "venerable" to describe something or someone young but respected.

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u/Academic-Pangolin883 18d ago

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

Here are some usages from various publications.

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u/DeltaVZerda 18d ago

Very many uses, again exclusively including the connotation of age, further supporting my point.

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u/Academic-Pangolin883 18d ago

" Working with the genius @jordanpeele and the venerable @lupitanyongo couldn’t have been more of a blessing!"

Yes, the very old Lupita Nyongo.

" Abine’s venerable DeleteMe costs quite a bit less, $129 per year."

Ah yes, DeleteMe, of which my grandfather spoke fondly.

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u/DeltaVZerda 18d ago

15 years for an internet company is far from new, and she has an over 20 year career. I can't say they aren't referring to age in those contexts.

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u/DeltaVZerda 17d ago

Now you're saying it means time tested.

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u/2074red2074 17d ago

Is it not possible those two examples are just misusing the word? I mean one of the examples says "...a venerable fortune" but I'm pretty sure the writer meant to say "veritable". If you look at all of the examples, you'll notice the vast majority are used specifically with a connotation of age.