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🚨 New publication 🚨 My first ever solo authored paper, out now in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. “The supernormal stimuli of sex dolls: A novel source of evidence for men’s unconstrained mate preferences” psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-34…

"Low mating effort, low self-perceived mate value, and poor flirting capacity were all associated with more years being single." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

If you had to guess whether a young man was an incel or not, the two most important things to know are their: (a) Perceptions of their mate value (relationship self-esteem) (b) Levels of avoidant attachment And that's it. ~90% accuracy. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Contrary to the idea that incels don't help themselves buy being too picky, we found that incels have lower minimum mate standards than non-incel men. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Sociologists have a concept called "social death" - when someone is treated as if they are dead or non-existent. But are these extreme levels of social exclusion, isolation, and loss of social identity a precursor to inceldom or a consequence of it? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My new book! A science-tested roadmap to understanding how your brain changes across the cycle —which is a fact that has been largely ignored by science and medicine.

Almost 3 in 4 members of NoFap (masturbation abstinence) forum users report seeing misogynistic content. 1 in 4 were told to harm or kill themselves. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

"Not every claim of victimhood is genuine. People with manipulative, narcissistic, or psychopathic tendencies sometimes weaponize victimhood: They exaggerate harm, fabricate grievances, and leverage sympathy to exploit others’ better nature." stevestewartwilliams.com/p/12-things-ev…

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"enthusiasm and romantic feelings fading away quickly, along with long work hours and lack of personal time and space, were the most important factors causing difficulties in keeping an intimate relationship." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Your daily reminder that pornography use is the outcome of sexual interest, not the cause.

Also "Don't ask your partner to choke you during sex"? Let's not forget that sex is overwhelmingly consensual and that women have agency and typically take an active role during sex as well.

It's so weird that the graph for fertility v. female education and the graph for fertility v. male education look basically the same but you have probably only seen one on here.

Is the gender equality paradox real? My long-promised commentary on the PNAS paper that argues it is a Simpson's paradox. open.substack.com/pub/robbrooks/…

When it comes to interpreting evolutionary psychological research, readers also have a responsibility to ensure they develop an accurate understanding of evolutionary psychological research. psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/darwin…

More Italian insights. Self-esteem and wellbeing are typically lower than average. Time perspective also discussed - incels may be more likely to focus on instant gratification at the expense of long-term gain. But a quite poor analysis and write-up! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38256492/

In recent years, people have used increasingly extreme language to describe ordinary experiences— It wasn’t stress; it was 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 I wasn’t irritated; I was 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 Someone difficult is 𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤 Disagreement is 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 Harsh words are 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

What coping strategies do incels use more often than non-incel men? Venting online Avoiding people Self-blame What do they do less of? Emotional support Positive reframing link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Spent half a day with Ross Kemp last week being interviewed about my academic and clinical work. It's time for a more nuanced take. More coming soon.