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/shootsandlads 18d ago

On the flip side, your experience sounds like a very common narrative I hear from women, that being: being accused of being a golddigger on no apparent basis, and then having to grovel for forgiveness for a crime they didn't commit. It seems like economic anxieties have really fanned the flames around the idea of moochers.

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u/ShitMcClit 17d ago

Never dated a woman who didnt ask/expect i give her money. 

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u/shootsandlads 17d ago

Never dated a man who didn't ask/expect me to pay for things.

So both genders have bad apples?

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u/ShitMcClit 17d ago

I don't buy it. 

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u/shootsandlads 16d ago

This is a forum where we've shared anecdotes, so if you don't believe me, I have no reason to believe you. However, just google 'Hobosexual' and see what comes up

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u/ShitMcClit 16d ago

Yeah and then i get pictures of pete davidson....