The 80/20 rule: Do women only date 'up'?

The manosphere would have you believe that women can't escape their 'hypergamous nature' - they always seek out men of higher status as partners. But what if it's more complicated than that? Spoiler alert - it is. Aileen takes Dan on a tour of the rhetoric and the research. Manosphere: Debunked is hosted by Aileen Barratt (@tindertranslators) and Dan, the anonymous psychologist (@the_nice_ish_psychologist), on Instagram.Aileen's book, Tinder Translator: An A-Z of Modern Misogyny, is available here.Visit The Nice-ish Rambling Substack page here.References from this week's episode: Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates | WaterstonesAny good dating app stories? #profg #scottgalloway #dating #hinge #tinder #raya #shorts - YouTubeJordan Peterson - Female Hypergamy and its Impact on Human Evolution - YouTubeManosphere hypergamy chart: https://twitter.com/RationalMale/status/1050411628406104064?s=20Dataclysm by Christian Rudder | WaterstonesAileen’s Instagram post on hypergamy has the Dataclysm chart, view it here:  A deep-ish dive into the the concept of "female hypergamy", which is largely the… | InstagramWhy Are Men in Crisis? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - Bing videoFewer Singles among Highly Educated Women. A Gender Reversal of Hypergamy across Cohorts in France | Cairn International Edition (cairn-int.info)Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows | ReutersWhither Hypergamy? | Institute for Family Studies (ifstudies.org)Gender Asymmetry in Educational and Income Assortative Marriage - Qian - 2017 - Journal of Marriage and Family - Wiley Online Library(PDF) Educational Assortative Mating and the Decline of Hypergamy in 27 European Countries Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Do feminists just hate men? Is the gender pay gap even real? Join Aileen (@tindertranslators) and Dan (@the_nice_ish_psychologist) as they take on the myths of the manosphere, one 'fact' at a time. Content note: there will be sexism, and lots of swears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.