Psychobabble

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In this bonus segment for Psychobabble Insiders, we continue our decipering of feminist jargon. This time focusing on the "labor" terms that turn everyday acts of love, thought, and care into political grievances. From hermeneutic labor to kin-keeping and emotional labor, we explore how feminism has rebranded connection as exploitation and domestic life…

One in four American adults is now estranged from their parents, and most aren't cutting contact over abuse, but ideology. In this conversation with Noelle Mering author of Awake, Not Woke and the forthcoming No Contact, we discuss why so many young adults are severing ties with family.

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In this Psychobabble episode with Edward Dutton, we explore how left-wing narratives manifest in mental health issues, and why wokeism may function as an adaptation to societal decline. Together, we discuss intelligence and IQ, the decline of cognitive ability, and the curious case of "woke eugenics"—a new form of social Darwinism shaping genetic and cultural health. Dutton closes with predictions for the future of the UK and Europe in light of these forces.

Edward Dutton is a researcher based in Oulu in northern Finland. Born in London in 1980, Dutton read Theology at Durham University before completing a PhD in Religious Studies at Aberdeen University in 2006. He was made 'Docent' (Adjunct Reader) of the Anthropology of Religion and Finnish Culture at Oulu University in 2011. In 2012, however, Dutton made the move to evolutionary psychology. Since then, Dutton has published in leading psychology journals including Intelligence, and Personality and Individual Differences. He has been a guest researcher in the Psychology Department at Umeå University in Sweden and is academic consultant to a research group in the Special Education Department at King Saud University in Riyadh. In 2020, he was appointed Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Asbiro University, a business-focused university of applied sciences in Łódź, Poland.

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In this special joint episode of Psychobabble and Men Are Good, Tom Golden, Janice Fiamengo, and I take on The Diary of a CEO's viral "feminism debate" featuring Louise Perry, Erica Komisar, and Deborah Frances-White.

This debate has racked up millions of views across one of the world's most influential podcast and YouTube platforms. With over 12 million subscribers and more than a billion streams, host Steven Bartlett commands global reach and cultural clout. It was framed as a bold debate on feminism and widely sold as a serious "clash of ideas." A feminist reckoning.

But we had to ask: was it really? Should we feel grateful to feminism—if so, for what? Is feminism something that started good and went bad? Are we seeing a pendulum swing?

We also break down the episode's obsession with autonomy, the cult of consent, and why "what women want" is the wrong foundation for a social ethic.

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In this episode of Psychobabble, I sit down with developmental psychologist Dr. J.D. Haltigan to talk about his personal experiencees and observations of how psychology has drifted from science toward ideology. Once committed to objectivity, the discipline is now increasingly shaped by hyperfeminization, social constructivism, and political activism.

We discuss:

* How woke ideology has infiltrated mental health research and academia

* The erosion of diagnostic categories in psychiatry

* The clash between objectivity and "lived experience"

* Why social media is fueling ideological capture

* What a post-progressive psychology could look like

The conversation doesn't stop there! In the extended, members-only segment, we get to the heart of what's at stake: not just the corruption of psychology as a discipline, but the cultural normalization of pathology itself.

* The spread of Cluster B traits and their impact on society

* Why diagnoses like ADHD and autism are being rebranded through the neurodiversity movement

* How popular disorders expand while others are erased or downplayed

* The rise of victim identity as a social currency

* The danger of rejecting categories altogether in psychiatry

* Why clinical judgment, diagnosis, and treatment standards are being undermined

* What the future of psychology might look like outside captured institutions

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In the extended, members-only segment, we get to the heart of what's at stake: not just the corruption of psychology as a discipline, but the cultural normalization of pathology itself.

* The spread of Cluster B traits and their impact on society

* Why diagnoses like ADHD and autism are being rebranded through the neurodiversity movement

* How popular disorders…

In this episode, James Nuzzo returns to dissect the bizarre new concept of "mankeeping." A term born in academia and quickly adopted on social media to frame men's emotional needs as a burden on women.

We break down how feminist-leaning research often begins with a predetermined conclusion, how male-only spaces are pathologized, and why the narrative ignores what men actually bring to relationships. From TikTok hot takes to peer-reviewed "special issues," we explore how resentment cloaked as scholarship shapes the public's perception of men.

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We take the conversation further into one of the most politically charged debates in health research: Are women truly underrepresented in medical funding and understudied in clinical trials? In this candid follow-up, we examine the evidence, challenge the assumptions, and discuss what the data actually says about equity in medical research. Click the link below to watch!

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In this episode of Psychobabble, we take a scalpel to the modern autism diagnosis, tracing its dramatic expansion from a severe childhood disorder to a catch-all identity for anxious, rigid adults. Let's examine how psychiatric gatekeeping has failed, how ideology has overtaken evidence, and how terms like "neurodivergent" are used more to shield than to clarify. Not to mention, the ethical costs of this diagnostic inflation. (Navigate to your topic of interest by using the timestamps below.)

Upgrade today, become a Psychobabble Insider and join us as we break down what proper treatment should look like for real autism and what it doesn't look like. How therapy supported by the neurodivergent movement plays right into the hands of Cluster B types. We also have a look at the controversial MMR vaccine narrative and its enduring link to autism discourse.

Chapter Titles & Timestamps:

* 00:00 – The Trauma of Being Autistic

* 00:20 – From Disorder to Identity

* 01:20 – How the DSM Changed Everything

* 04:02 – The Rise of Spectrum Thinking

* 07:14 – Self-Diagnosis and the Influence of Pop Culture

* 08:12 – Neurodiversity: A Social Movement, Not a Medical One

* 10:27 – Sensory Overwhelm or Narcissistic Fragility?

* 13:33 – When Inclusion Becomes Exclusion

* 14:02 – Autism as a Personal Gospel

* 15:59 – Autistic Traits or Personality Quirks?

* 18:48 – Autism vs. TikTok

* 20:08 – What Real Autism Looks Like

* 24:26 – Theories of Autistic Cognition

* 27:52 – The Role of Activism in Diagnosis

* 30:19 – The Double Empathy Problem Debunked

* 33:01 – The Masking Myth

* 36:46 – How Cluster B traits reveal themselves

* 40:42 – Autism as Status

* 44:27 – Who Benefits from Broad Diagnoses?

* 46:42 – Why Accurate Diagnosis Matters

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Let's continue our journey into Autism and break down what proper treatment should look like and what it probably shouldn't look like. How does the therapy pushed by the neurodivergent movement play right into the hands of Cluster B types?

We also have a quick look at the controversial MMR vaccine narrative and its enduring link to autism discourse.

This week on Psychobabble, we welcome Katy Faust, founder and president of Them Before Us, the leading international voice defending children's rights in family policy.

Katy is a mother of four, and a reluctant public figure, forced into the spotlight after blogging anonymously about controversial family issues. Rather than retreat, she stood firm. She's since testified before the UN, international parliaments, and filed amicus briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court, all to promote one clear message:

Children should not be made to sacrifice for adults.

She's the author of:

* Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children's Rights Movement

* Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City

* Pro-Child Politics: Why Every Cultural, Economic, and National Issue Is a Matter of Justice for Children

In this episode, we ask the questions:

* What are the long-term consequences of same-sex parenting on a child's mental health?

* What don't we know about surrogacy and why are we so unwilling to ask?

* What's driving the explosion in surrogacy?

* Is it possible to compensate for the loss of a mother or father?

* What does the scientific literature tell us when studies aren't ideologically rigged?

🔒 Psychobabble Insider: "The Untold Truths About Adoption"

In the members-only segment, we go deeper into adoption: the difference between surrogacy and adoption, the consequences to mental health and what are we getting wrong about adoption through the current cultural narrative?

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