How Women Compete For Partners - Joyce Benenson

Joyce Benenson is a lecturer of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University who's research focuses on human social structures and sex differences in competition and cooperation.

We're often told that men are more competitive, more status-driven and more ruthless with rivals for potential mates. In reality doesn't seem to be true, the difference is that women's competition takes a more subtle, cynical and sophisticated route to drive away their competitors.

Expect to learn how women compete for status, why women exclude more than men, why women who promote an egalitarian world are less charitable than you might think, how you can interfere with a rivals' relationship without getting caught, the usefulness of gossip as an enforcement mechanism and much more...

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00:00 Intro
00:37 What is Unique in Female Competition?
09:27 Why Girls Should Be Subtle about Educational Success
16:15 The Dark Reason for Females Being More Egalitarian
25:32 Female Competition in Sexual Selection
34:10 Are Women More Anti-social than Men?
39:15 Why Boys & Girls Have Different Childhood Toys
44:31 Do Women Avoid Physical Methods of Conflict?
48:25 Society’s Denial of Differences Between Sexes
52:58 Women Interfering in Rival Relationships
1:00:38 Are Men Becoming More Feminised?
1:05:02 How Joyce Has Avoided Controversy
1:07:20 Where to Find Joyce

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