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Clare Stephens

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

I think you're a ho.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

Evie magazine would certainly say I was a ho.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

And Elon Musk would say you're a ho.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

So that was based on a 2012 study, what Evie magazine was citing.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

That's quite a long time ago.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

2012.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

And there was another big study in 2008.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

You won't believe it, but there's been studies since.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

And you won't believe it, but the studies since have actually showed that that was a complete failure.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

nonsense.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

Fabrication.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

So study in 2019 found no evidence that women using oral contraceptives had weaker preferences for male facial masculinity than did women not using oral contraceptives.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

And then in 2025, that was just last year, you may remember, there was a randomized controlled trial that was like a double blind study.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

That is the golden standard of

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

any kind of scientific research.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

So it meant that they randomly assigned some women to be on the pill, randomly assigned some women to be on placebo, and then they did this experiment.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

No statistically significant effect of oral contraceptives on preferences for facial masculinity.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

I know, right?

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

It's like, oh, sorry, we didn't think about that ethical consideration.

Mamamia Out Loud
A Very Awkward Oscars & That Manosphere Doco

But the fact that an article can be written