Women judge the same guy to be more attractive if he's paired with women than if he's alone. The costs of making a bad mate choice are heavier for women, and the benefits of making a wise mate choice are higher for women in the sexual context.
The study of mating and sex differences shows that there are culture-specific or sociocultural overlays onto the fundamental psychological sex differences, which can make some of these sex differences larger.
Psychologist joins the podcast to talk about the two causal processes that can lead to mating advantages: intrasexual competition and preferential mate choice.
The most common criticism of evolutionary psychology is that it's a bunch of fanciful storytelling. Therefore, in an attempt to create a cumulative source of reliable information to thwart these critiques, the speaker has turned to nomological networks and using them to make evolutionary psychology as reliable as other sciences.
Studies have found that men and women talk roughly the same amount, but women engage in more fishing around for topics and ask far more questions in heterosexual couples. While gender differences in communication have been found, there is still ongoing research about the extent and nature of these differences.
In this podcast, the speaker challenges the notion that women are "totally different" from men by providing an example of how they share common interests and experiences.