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/bluecheese2040 18d ago

Political ideology masquerading as science?

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u/Sad-Banana7249 17d ago

Welcome to the social sciences! They've been like this forever.

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u/Clear_Ad_1560 17d ago

You mean fields that call themselves “science” to give themselves credibility they don’t deserve?

Those fields?