The very interesting, unaddressed, question is: is this a female phenomenon?
Female groups, or places where women exert a lot if power tend to want to hold up appearances. In my experience male groups tend to have safety valves in continously making fun of each other.
I would expect purity spirals (I love the name!) are happening primarily in female groups? Would be interesting to see some research on this.
“Nor is it confined to the Left: neo-Nazi groups offer some of the clearest examples of purity spirals”… which suggests that it is indeed confined to the left.
The very interesting, unaddressed, question is: is this a female phenomenon?
Female groups, or places where women exert a lot if power tend to want to hold up appearances. In my experience male groups tend to have safety valves in continously making fun of each other.
I would expect purity spirals (I love the name!) are happening primarily in female groups? Would be interesting to see some research on this.
NO.
Furries are infamous for this, and they’ve always been 80+ percent male
https://www.prismnet.com/~hcexres/style_probs/pompous_words.html
“Nor is it confined to the Left: neo-Nazi groups offer some of the clearest examples of purity spirals”… which suggests that it is indeed confined to the left.