Dr. Canton Winer

Every bullet fired, every bomb dropped puts more $$ in someone’s pocket.

Worth remembering as the Trump admin seems to be gearing up for an attack on Iran.

War has a profit incentive for a small group of very wealthy people.

Nicki Minaj has a track record of defending sexual abusers and pedophiles, so her support of Trump is on brand.

New Research Shows Asexuality’s Global Footprint Asexuality is everywhere

In a world where emerging sexualities are dismissed as “made up,” “online-only,” or “Western inventions,” seeing ace identities emerge across continents is a reminder of what so many asexual people already know:

Asexuality is everywhere.

Read more about the ace findings here:

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?

Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)

Men will literally torpedo the stock market and threaten to annex Greenland instead of going to therapy.

That’s why SNL’s Heated Rivalry/Harry Potter sketch isn’t funny.

Rowling is a gleeful proponent of harming trans and queer people. It’s not funny to continue normalizing her.

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim

“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.

Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

JK Rowling is an anti-queer gender fascist.

So when you make Harry Potter references without even a nod to her oppressive views, you look sus.

Exciting to see my research with @francescorampazzo.com get so much attention!

I also appreciate how this piece pushes against the misleading reporting from the Daily Mail that claimed our study shows that lesbians are “dying out.” As PinkNews points out, that’s a transphobic dog whistle.

New coverage of our global study on sexual identity and generational change, now on @pinknews.bsky.social.
@cantonwiner.bsky.social

Our research with @cantonwiner.bsky.social and Milan Kovačič has also been reported by @advocate.com, providing another perspective on the findings.

Work based in the @socialstats.bsky.social Department of Social Statistics at the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk.

"The term 'lesbian' is dying out"

Well, I'm not sure if I, as an demiromantic asexual lesbian, would have even come to the conclusion to be a lesbian, rather than "just broken", if it weren't for the a-spec labels! 🏳️‍🌈

New Research Shows Asexuality’s Global Footprint Asexuality is everywhere

Want to read the study for yourself?

You can find my thoughts on what our study shows about the global reach of asexual identities and a link to the full study here.

open.substack.com/pub/cantonwi...

My co-author @francescorampazzo.com (the lead author of the study) puts it well here.

Lesbians aren’t “disappearing.” They’re just getting more company!

The overall number of queer people is rising—there are more people identifying as lesbian today AND more people are identifying with other LGBTQIA+ labels.

The Daily Mail’s headline is wrong.

A sad attempt by a conservative tabloid to pit LGBTQIA+ people against each other.

Screenshot of Daily Mail headline: “The term lesbian is dying out: Gen Z are opting for more modern identities including queer, pansexual, or asexual, study finds.”

The @dailymail.co.uk just reported on my research.

But their framing is wrong.

Lesbian identities aren’t “dying out.”

So-called “new” identities (like pansexual, queer, asexual, etc.) aren’t “replacing” older ones. They’re adding to the ways people can plug into queerness.

That would be great. You can reach me at cwiner@niu.edu.

Hi there! This book sounds interesting—and super relevant to several courses I teach. I’ll definitely check it out.

When we say “evolving,” we mean that the way people identify as a macro level is evolving. Our data is part of a wave of data indicating that we’re seeing a proliferation in ways people identify sexually—partially because awareness of a broader array of identities is rising.

New Research Shows Asexuality’s Global Footprint Asexuality is everywhere

In a world where emerging sexualities are dismissed as “made up,” “online-only,” or “Western inventions,” seeing ace identities emerge across continents is a reminder of what so many asexual people already know:

Asexuality is everywhere.

Read more about the ace findings here:

We found that Zoe users in countries as varied as Tajikistan, Yemen, Oman, Uzbekistan, the UAE, Tunisia, and Tanzania selected “asexual” as their sexual orientation.

This is powerful evidence that asexuality isn't just a Western or anglophone identity.

and 3) research on asexuality has overwhelmingly focuses on wealthy, Western, English-speaking countries like the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia.

Our findings indicate the need for researchers to expand their focus beyond those countries.

This is significant for several reasons, including:

1) dating apps are generally assumed to underrepresent asexual users (meaning our data likely underestimates the prevalence of asexuality);

2) most global datasets that measure sexuality don’t include asexuality as an option

New Research Shows Asexuality’s Global Footprint Asexuality is everywhere

For this study, we examined the sexual orientation users listed on their dating profiles.

Asexuality appeared in every age group and across multiple world regions, despite representing less than 1% of all users.

Read more about the asexuality findings here: cantonwiner.substack.com/p/new-resear...

Asexuality is a global identity.

That’s a major finding in a study I recently published with @francescorampazzo.com in Demographic Research.

Analyzing dating app data spanning 162 countries from over 900,000 users, we found that asexuality showed up in every age group and in every region.

An early Christmas gift from @demresjournal.bsky.social: new publication with @cantonwiner.bsky.social and Milan Kovačič on sexuality using dating app data. A great example of how social scientists and industry can collaborate to produce global, inclusive research.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one