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Some dumb media outlets like the [[New Republic]] have said that Roger coined the word [[hypergamy]], which is simply a lie, the word was used a ton way before Roger's book, in books about sexology and also the caste-system in India. | Some dumb media outlets like the [[New Republic]] have said that Roger coined the word [[hypergamy]], which is simply a lie, the word was used a ton way before Roger's book, in books about sexology and also the caste-system in India. | ||
He did however, influence how the term "hypergamy" is used in the manosphere. The original meaning of hypergamy mostly referred to 'dating up' in status/money hierarchies | He did however, influence how the term "hypergamy" is used in the manosphere. The original meaning of hypergamy mostly referred to 'dating up' in status/money hierarchies. The meaning used by Devlin and others in the manosphere, (and thus incels) refers to a female tendency to 'date up' in virtually all areas. | ||
==Academic Work== | ==Academic Work== | ||