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How Men Compete For Status - Rob Henderson | Modern Wisdom Podcast 556
Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran.
Men fight. Sometimes they look silly when they fight. But they also collaborate and team up to take on common enemies. Women fight in very different ways that are less obvious, but no less vicious, and they sometimes try to even scupper their own teammates.
Expect to learn how men's judgements of formidability are better at predicting future sexual partners than women's judgements of attractiveness, why male intrasexual competition is so much more obvious, my theory around why men hate to hear that women like dad bods, why there are rules in a "no rules" street fight, what happens if you get kidnapped by an Amazonian tribe and much more...
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00:00 Intro
00:53 Rob’s PhD Thesis
09:30 The Male Warrior Hypothesis
17:45 Are Men the Cause of Tribalism?
23:05 Chimp Aggression is 100x Human Aggression
29:23 Why Women Liking Dad-Bods Offends Men
47:35 Is Formidability in Men More Attractive Than Appearance?
54:58 Are Women More Attractive the More They Are Respected?
1:01:11 The Male Monkey Dance
1:12:25 Insights on Male Aggression from the Bourne Movies
1:19:56 Where to Find Rob
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