It is widely acknowledged that the human mind and biology are developed to support the lifestyle of Paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies, which have little in common with the contemporary, Western way of living. The absence of biological and psychological adaptation to modern culture and behavior is a known cause of disease. This book adds new dimensions to the understanding of the evolutionary mismatch hypothesis, focusing on the effects on unconscious processes related to reproduction, competition, social fitness, and hormonal function.
The present study identifies, explores, and explains the linkages between Western diseases and the deepest levels of human motivation. The themes presented here are entirely novel, having never been published or even discussed previously. These include a broad mapping of connections between reproductive processes, societal sexualization, sexual behavior, the changing balance of power between the sexes, unconscious psychological forces, human oxytocin reactivity, prostate cancer, evolutionary processes, the quantity and quality of close social ties in the West, and toxic feminism, which is defined, unmasked, and put into perspective under the names ”femerism” and ”femer culture” in part II of the book.
Ten distinct biological pathways have been identified through which cultural factors can impact and harm the prostate. Spatial and chronological patterns in the incidence rates of prostate cancer and other diseases were found to align with a cultural epidemic originating in the U.S. back in the 1920s or earlier. Its spreading mechanisms include sexual revolutions and Westernization of culture and society. Indeed, something is wrong in the Western world.
The book offers a clear and comprehensive new terminology with precise definitions. All theories and ideas coalesce into a broad coherent framework or ”grand theory” called the MICUL model. The model is constructed in three layers, each with a distinct role in the understanding of Western diseases, and may have the potential for future impact on a multitude of medical, biological, social, philosophical, historical, political, cultural, and religious perspectives.
Prospective readers must be open to challenges and unconventional thinking.