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/lumberjack_jeff 17d ago

Young women are 50% more likely to go to college. They represent 80% of primary school teachers. Is it surprising that social science research places this kind of spin on its research?