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#580 - Dr Tania Reynolds - What Use Are Female Friendships?

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Why Women Share Negative Reputational Information When They Have More Male Sons

Slut shaming is kind of like the dirty bomb that you just throw across the entire mating market in an attempt to raise the supposed price of sex. Women are more likely to share negative reputational information particularly about women's sexual history when the other woman is attractive and provocatively dressed or if she flirts with their romantic partner so it's more tailored to the particular mating threat that each woman poses but i've seen other infirmate data that find that women are more strongly opposed female promiscuity when they have more male sons.

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