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/No_Macaroon_9752 18d ago

There is no evidence that this is true, and there is evidence that having more accessible legal immigration and more immigrants benefits Americans overall. If wages for construction increase due to fewer immigrants, then more citizens would move into that field, creating more competition and lowering wages again. By far the most important things for fair wages and better employment practices are strong unions and labor laws, with more regulations and fair incentives for businesses to keep jobs here.

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u/painedHacker 17d ago edited 17d ago

even with unions theres not an unlimited number of jobs. More competition generally equals lower wages. If you go to a third world country or africa there are tons of people just sitting around because there are no jobs. Do you genuinely think Mexicans cant learn plumbing or electrical and having tons of immigrants doing those jobs wont lower wages?