Dr. Ian Zapcic - The Red Pill movement and the Dark Triad

While there have been great strides for women in recent decades, there's been a downward trend for men. An outgrowth of that is something called the Red Pill movement that feels like the world has been set up for them to fail. In order to "win," you have to game the system and "outsmart" women. This is done using the Dark Triad of psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism.

In Dr. Zapcic' study, "An Alpha Wouldn't Spare an Emotion on a Woman": A directed qualitative analysis of dark triad outcomes in women's relationship with Red Pill men," he looks closer at what causes these triats and what can be done about it.

We chat about how these tendencies are leaking out from online and entering in the real world, with real world effects, like incel-related mass casualty events.

 

Ian Zapcic, Ph.D., is a social worker who studies how the identities and worldviews formed in online-mediated communication spaces, and how those identities interact with other spaces or the offline world. Ian grew up in New Jersey where he received his bachelor's in Contemporary Arts from Ramapo College and his masters of social work from Rutgers University. Ian received his PhD from The Ohio State University College of Social Work in 2023, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the MSW program at Stockton University in Atlantic City New Jersey.