How evolutionary biology became an unwilling ally of the manosphere

By Eric Harvey, Professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
François-Xavier Habimana, Master of Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)

From steroid use to “bone smashing”, the “looksmaxxing” movement is only the latest example of the manosphere’s toxic hold on young people.

Less obvious is the role ecologists have unwittingly played in its rise. Contemporary male supremacist arguments routinely borrow from evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology, and that should give ecologists pause.

As a professor of environmental science at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), I study,…

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