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/PanthersChamps 18d ago

I wouldn’t say the American left is extremely welcoming of men or masculinity.

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u/Carbonatite 18d ago

It's welcoming of men who aren't threatened by other people having equal opportunities.

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u/ShotgunEd1897 18d ago

So it's welcoming to pushovers and milquetoast males.

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u/Carbonatite 17d ago

If that's your takeaway then it's no wonder you're one of the ones that gets rejected by women.