The Brutal Tactics of Female Sexual Competition - Dr Dani Sulikowski
Dr. Dani Sulikowski joins Chris Williamson to discuss evolutionary psychology research on how women compete with each other by suppressing rivals' reproduction, not just boosting their own.
The gist
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Women can win reproductively by reducing rivals' fertility, not only by having more children themselves, unlike men who mainly focus on their own output.
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Research shows women give other women advice to delay childbearing and avoid commitment more than they would personally choose those paths.
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Sulikowski says campaigns against dominant male traits may suppress women's ability to identify and choose high-quality partners.
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Anti-natal ideologies only spread in wealthy societies because resource-scarce conditions push women to invest everything in their own children.
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