Psychobabble
by Hannah Spier, MD
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#99. Why Women's Porn Is Celebrated While Men's Is Blamed
#99. Why Women's Porn Is Celebrated While Men's Is Blamed
About this podcast
Psychiatrist analyzing how cultural trends and modern therapy incentivize dysfunction. hannahspier.substack.com
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- #99. Why Women's Porn Is Celebrated While Men's Is Blamed · 16 minWe worry about what pornography teaches boys to expect from women. Why aren't we asking the same questions about the explicit fiction being promoted to girls? It's not just…
- #98. They Feel Sorry for Elizabeth Holmes. Here's What They Miss · 28 minElizabeth Holmes was convicted of deliberately deceiving investors. Why is the conversation now about feeling sorry for her? Her new documentary, You Can See Everything, presents…
- #97. Why Women VOTE the Way They Do · 14 minAre women's political choices driven by too much empathy—or by the pressure to agree with the group? If empathy explains their politics, why can it disappear when the victim…
- #96. Why Men Are Condemned Before the Evidence Is In | Janice Fiamengo, James Nuzzo and Tom Golden · 51 minEven Republican women blame men for the challenges women face. Tom Golden presents survey data suggesting that this attitude reaches across political parties and age groups—and…
- #95. Why Female Psychopaths Are So Hard to Recognize · 58 minI'm joined by Dr Fiona Girkin, a researcher specialising in female psychopathy and dark personality traits, whose doctoral research examined workplace bullying in the community…
- #94. She Said It Was Consensual. Then They Called It Trauma. · 19 minThe Cornell 7 case has become about much more than what happened that night. Jane Doe's lawyer says her behavior afterward — including initially describing the encounter as…
- #93. The Cornell 7: How This Happened. · 15 minThe Cornell 7 case raises a bigger question: is there any moral category left between "illegal" and "good"? Listen ad-free by subscribing on Substack…
- #92. How to Cure a Feminist · 37 minWhat does it actually take to "cure" feminism? In this episode, I look at why grievance-based feminism is psychologically attractive, why facts alone rarely change minds, and…
- #91. Women Are Getting Angrier. Here's Why. · 15 minFemale rage is increasingly being reframed as something righteous, therapeutic, even healthy. This is how we have taught women that their anger is not something to regulate but…
- #90. Why Evidence Wasn't Enough for the Lindsay Clancy Jurors · 38 minIn this episode, I look at the Lindsay Clancy juror interviews and the psychology behind how the jury processed the case. Why did evidence of psychosis seem less important than…
- #89. Why Powerful Men Fall for Borderline Women · 1 h 1 minEvolutionary psychologist Edward Dutton joins me to discuss his new book Borderline Genius, Borderline Insane and we ask the question: have women with borderline traits had an…
- #88. Their Surrogate Refused to Abort. Now They're Suing Her. · 24 minMcKenna West agreed to carry a baby for a California couple for around $60,000. When the baby was diagnosed with a serious heart condition, the genetic parents requested an…
- #87. The New Feminist Buzzwords You Need to Know · 1 h 10 minHannah is joined by returning guests: Janice Fiamengo, author of "The Goddess That Failed" Tom Golden, host of the "Men Are Good" podcast, and Jim Nuzzo author of "The Nuzzo…
- #86. When "Silent Suffering" Turns Into Manipulation · 21 minIn this episode, I examine the growing Quiet BPD narrative and the behaviors being described as internalized—from withdrawing and ghosting to relationship tests, reckless…
- #85. Why We Want Lindsay Clancy to Be the Victim · 42 minThe Lindsay Clancy case has become a story about postpartum psychosis, psychiatric medication and a healthcare system that supposedly failed a struggling mother. But does the…
- #84. Why Women Are Really Angry at Voice Memo Guy · 13 minCheck out our sponsor: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code HANNAH at https://www.oneskin.co/HANNAH A viral voice memo has everyone arguing about timing, pressure and consent. But…
- #83. How We Trained Girls For Conflict · 21 minSponsor: Looki L1 is an AI Life Memory Camera that helps you stay present now and return to the day later. Learn more: https://www.c2go.cc/r/HannahSpierMD | code: Hannah. What…
- #82. The Dark Psychology Behind "High Value" Women · 14 min"High-value woman" dating advice promises better men, stronger boundaries and a softer life.A new manifestation of feminism. But much of it is really a guide to entitlement…
- #81. How Women Use Mental Health to Avoid Growing Up · 16 minHow did ordinary adulthood become evidence of psychiatric suffering? What's the real attraction? In this episode, I react to young women presenting normal functioning as…
- 80. Why So Many Young Women Suddenly Have "Alters" · 20 minDissociation is a real and measurable psychological phenomenon—but does that validate dissociative identity disorder as it is commonly portrayed online and diagnosed in clinical…
