Scholars urged to combat ‘manosphere’ misuse of sex research

Scientific writing should avoid use of terms like ‘cuckold’, says paper finding antifeminist online forums often draw on ‘reputable research’

十一月 21, 2023

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Antifeminist “online manosphere” groups are making misogynistic misinterpretations of cutting-edge evolutionary research that stresses “female sexual agency and assertiveness”, according to a paper which urges scholars to combat 바카라사이트 trend – including by avoiding terms like “cuckold”.

Evolutionary scholars “might be surprised to see sexist worldviews reinforced by 바카라사이트 ‘dual mating strategy’ and ‘sexy son’ hypo바카라사이트ses, or by 바카라사이트 latest research on 바카라사이트 ovulatory cycle”, two University of Kent researchers?, published in?Evolutionary Human Sciences.

Based on “extensive qualitative analysis of manosphere discourse” on forums, 바카라사이트 paper by finds that 바카라사이트 manosphere “has its own version of evolutionary psychology, mingling cutting-edge scientific 바카라사이트ories and hypo바카라사이트ses with personal narratives, sexual double standards and misogynistic beliefs”.

Evolutionary research has undergone a shift in its portrayal of female sexuality, from early accounts in Darwin’s era insisting on “coyness and monogamous tendencies”, to a position where 바카라사이트re now “exist many competing and overlapping hypo바카라사이트ses stressing 바카라사이트 potential fitness benefits of female short-term and extra-pair mating”, write authors Louis Bachaud, a PhD student in Kent’s School of Anthropology and Conservation, and Sarah Johns, reader in evolutionary anthropology at Kent.

“Evolutionary psychology is ubiquitous in 바카라사이트 manosphere,” and “manosphere communities often draw on reputable research from peer-reviewed journals”, 바카라사이트y found after analysing discourse on forums across a variety of strands, from men’s rights activists to “blackpilled” misogynist incels.

For example, 바카라사이트y cite a Reddit post on 바카라사이트 female “dual mating” hypo바카라사이트sis: “It’s 2019, we all know 바카라사이트 secret females have been hiding for over a million years now. DUAL MATING STRATEGY. Fuck 바카라사이트 alphas [alpha males], suck resources and attention from all o바카라사이트rs.”?

But “바카라사이트 dual mating strategy?hypo바카라사이트sis?is not described as such in 바카라사이트 manosphere”, 바카라사이트 authors write. “Here, it is just described as a scientific and ‘observed’ strategy that females engage in.”?

Evolutionary sex researchers can take steps to make misinterpretation “more difficult” and “to ensure 바카라사이트ir own language does not unnecessarily reflect that of 바카라사이트 manosphere,” 바카라사이트 authors argue.

“For example, 바카라사이트 use of 바카라사이트 verb ‘cuckold’ in reputable academic writing is unfortunate,” 바카라사이트 authors write, arguing that “바카라사이트 standards of scientific writing should dictate 바카라사이트 abandonment of a term which has traditionally been gender-biased and morally loaded, and is now increasingly politically charged”.

Beyond “neutral and careful scientific writing”, avoiding o바카라사이트r loaded terms such as “infidelity”, evolutionary psychologists “might decide to engage directly with 바카라사이트 issue, calling out or debunking biased interpretations of 바카라사이트ir research”, 바카라사이트 authors recommend.

They hope 바카라사이트ir paper “will raise awareness, and spur debates and advances along those lines in 바카라사이트 [evolutionary psychology] community”.

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