Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychotherapist. I research sex differences, mating psychology, and intersexual conflict from an evolutionary perspective.
Aug 1 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
Here’s a brief thread 🧵on our latest paper: “Sexual partner number and distribution over time affect long-term partner evaluation: evidence from 11 countries across 5 continents” out now in Scientific Reports () [1/16]nature.com/articles/s4159…
Sexual history is a hot topic online. Often ‘body count’ is discussed very judgmentally – debasing others because their number is “too high” or “too low”. In manosphere-associated podcasts, it’s often used to shame women, giving the impression of a sexual double standard. [2/16]
Apr 23 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
The Times, Daily Mail, and others recently covered my views on social skills training for incels. Unsurprisingly, the headlines were clickbaity—some behind paywalls—giving a misleading impression of my position. So here’s a more accurate outline.
[1/17]thetimes.com/article/incels…
First things first: the goal of my research (w/ collaborators like @CostelloWilliam) is to better understand incels, a hard-to-reach group, with the aim of reducing the potential for harm. [2/17]
Jun 28, 2024 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
The debate around evolutionary psychology and its ideological misuse is intensifying with recent threads by @dconroybeam @sentientist (+@primalpoly comments) @EdHagen4 and @CostelloWilliam. And it’s getting messy. Massive 🧵 incoming... (1/15)
It's time to weigh in with my two British pennies. I actually like all parties involved, so I’m not going to talk about people. Instead, I want to focus on how our findings can be misconstrued, misrepresented, or misused, and what we (and the readers of our work) might be able to do about it.
Aug 15, 2023 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
Longest🧵ever! (1/25)
Cognitive distortions are patterns of irrational thinking that can cause distorted views of reality and negative emotions.
I noticed them a lot in singles with intense and prolonged feelings of discomfort about their singlehood (i.e., dysphoric singlehood)
Cognitive distortions are the “bread and butter” of CBT therapists.
Helping clients to analyse and rework their hard, simple, biased thoughts into softer, nuanced, realistic ones is what makes CBT one of the best forms of therapy for depression and anxiety.
