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

Jan 23, 2023

Dr. Tania Reynolds is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico, specializing in women's social dynamics and competition. In this engaging discussion, she explores the subtle complexities of female friendships and their evolutionary significance. Tania reveals why women often struggle under female bosses, the challenges attractive women face in social settings, and the ruthless nature of sexual gossip as a social tool. The conversation also touches on the impact of the #MeToo movement on women's careers and the intricate balance of loyalty and competition among women.

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The Perils of Vulnerability in Female Friendship

02:00

The Consequences of Stereotyping Men as Sexual Predators

01:26

The Evolution of Female Cooperation

01:10

Intro

5min

The Dynamics of Female Friendships

28min

Navigating Female Friendships and Male Dynamics

11min

Impact of #MeToo on Women's Careers

6min

The Strategic Role of Gossip in Female Friendships

2min

Navigating Female Vulnerability and Sexuality

12min

The Dynamics of Female Friendships

17min

Exploring Female Strategies for Evoking Care

2min

Dr Tania Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of New Mexico whose research focuses on women's intrasexual competition, biases in moral evaluations and social and sexual selection.

Ancestrally, men needed to go to war and hunt. Given this, it would be rather useful to be friends with the spear-wielding bloke next to you so that you know he's got your back. Women's use case for friends is much more subtle and difficult to determine however, and today we try to decipher the underpinnings of female friendships.

Expect to learn why women dislike working underneath a female boss, the painful social existence that very attractive women have to endure, why both men and women bias seeing women as victims and men as perpetrators, why women develop opposite-sex friendships, the most common ways women derogate their rivals, why sexual gossip is a ruthless precision engineered tool and much more...

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