Evo Psych and Incels

With William Costello

Bo is joined by the researcher William Costello, who is leading the world’s biggest study of incels (involuntary celibates). The discussion covers the evolutionary psychology of incels, the value of socially enforced monogamy and the future of the mating market.

This episode was previously published on Aporia.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:51 How William got into evo psych

4:05 What evo psych offers us

10:15 Is evo psych still controversial?

13:35 Does learning evo psy remove the magic of life?

22:45 Incels aren’t novel

26:58 Incels 2.0

31:08 Why does it hurt to be rejected?

33:30 Why would you define yourself as an incel?

42:00 The value of socially enforced monogamy

46:22 Being the second wife of a high-value man

50:40 Polyamory and polygyny

59:05 Feminism and femcels

1:05:25 The future of the mating market

1:21:10 The flexibility of norms

1:22:27 Bonus questions preview

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