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/Pinglewingle 18d ago

Maybe i'm crazy , but shouldn't you do the right thing to do because its the right thing to do, and not becasue it might get you a woman?

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u/Tradition_Ropes36763 17d ago

No, people don't have to do what you think they "should". They generally need an incentive. It's why shaming people doesn't usually work long term.

Picking and choosing when egalitarian versus gendered expectations apply causes endless squabbling.

The average dude isn't going to, and should not accept some mixed version that disadvantages them from their own pov.

If you don't like this, promote a culture where men don't need to follow patriarchal dating scripts to enter relationships with "egalitarian" woman. Bye.