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The Devious Ways Women Compete for Status
Joyce Benenson, a lecturer of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shares her research on how women compete for status through subtle, cynical, and sophisticated means that involve exclusion, interference with rivals' relationships, and gossip. She debunks the myth that men are more competitive and ruthless than women when it comes to pursuing potential mates.
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Joyce Benenson, a Harvard lecturer of human evolutionary biology, discusses the subtle and sophisticated ways in which women compete for status and drive away rivals, contrasting the common belief that men are more competitive.
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Joyce Benenson, a Harvard lecturer of human evolutionary biology, discusses the subtle and sophisticated ways in which women compete for status and drive away rivals, contrasting the common belief that men are more competitive.