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This podcast episode discusses how females enact their intersexual competition and status seeking behavior, which is unique and quite vicious in comparison to males.
05:15 - 08:31 (03:15)
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This podcast episode discusses how females enact their intersexual competition and status seeking behavior, which is unique and quite vicious in comparison to males. It explains that after a long period of gestating and lactating, females have to invest in protecting their offspring and usually without the help of the male, leading to subtle indirect behavior in competitive interactions.
ChapterFemale Interspecies Competition
Episode#571 - Joyce Benenson - How Do Women Compete For Partners?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Children are naturally socialized by adults and their surroundings, but through sex segregation, girls and boys become more comfortable with their own gender.
08:31 - 12:10 (03:38)
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Children are naturally socialized by adults and their surroundings, but through sex segregation, girls and boys become more comfortable with their own gender. This subtle tactic can be seen as early as three years old when girls are labeled "bossy."
ChapterFemale Interspecies Competition
Episode#571 - Joyce Benenson - How Do Women Compete For Partners?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker argues that competition creates unnecessary rivalries and leads to a scramble among individuals to obtain the same things such as clothing, mates, and food.
12:10 - 14:34 (02:24)
Summary
The speaker argues that competition creates unnecessary rivalries and leads to a scramble among individuals to obtain the same things such as clothing, mates, and food.