How Did Human Leadership Evolve? - Chris Von Rueden - #545

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10/29/22

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Chris von Rueden is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the University of Richmond who researches how humans form status hierarchies and the evolution of human cooperation.

We take it for granted that there are leaders in modern society. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens. Hierarchies are baked into our world, but what did leadership look like in an ancestral environment and why did it evolve in the first place?

Expect to learn the two ways that primitive leaders could command respect from a group, why followership evolved at all in humans, why the Female Leadership Paradox exists, how leadership and hierarchies change as group size increases, whether leaders are altruistic or selfish and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:31) Evolutionary Importance of Leadership (05:14) Human Coordination with Non-Family Members (10:46) Similar Traits Between Humans & Animals (14:31) Does Gender Impact Leadership? (19:27) Regulating Leader/Follower Dynamics (27:47) Leadership Patterns from Non-Mammals (40:06) The Secrecy of Modern Leadership (46:37) Link Between Female Status & Reproductive Success (54:11) Where to Find Chris

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What Makes Men And Women Different? - Dr Carole Hooven - #544

October 27, 2022

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Dr Carole Hooven is Co-director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and an author.

Testosterone is a hell of a drug. It causes many things to happen in both men and women. But it's dividing opinion even more than it's dividing the sexes. This isn't great for calming conversations, bridging differences or finding common ground however it's a fascinating topic to dig into.

Expect to learn what it's like for women who go on testosterone to feel what male sex drive is like, why male deer in Scotland grow antlers and fight their best friends for a few months every year, whether maternal instinct is a myth, why testosterone even exists at all, the differences between male and female orgasms, whether sex is a spectrum and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:30) Is Maternal Instinct a Myth? (09:55) The Demonisation of Motherhood (17:05) Why Do We Have Testosterone? (24:47) Men’s Natural Instinct to Objectify (32:24) How Women Can Understand the Male Sex Drive (37:27) Orgasm Differences Between Genders (46:36) Is Sex a Spectrum? (56:28) Differences in Arousal Between Genders (1:07:59) Why Hand Grip Strength is Important (1:13:13) Where to Find Carole

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Modern Cinema Treats Women Like Idiots - Baggage Claim - #546

October 31, 2022

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74m

Baggage Claim is a YouTuber and movie critic.

There have been a lot of female leads in TV and cinema over the last few years. She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Dr Strange 2 and The Rings Of Power all showed women leading the charge, but just how aspirational and admirable are these role models for the women that watch them? Is it treating them like mature humans or patronising them like fragile idiots?

Expect to learn how cultural narcissism has taken hold of Hollywood, why perfect female characters teach women nothing about how to be a good person, why Hollywood relies on performative empathy to feel good, the problem with She-Hulk's dating life, why no one is going to be guilted into watching anything, the lessons to learn from Bros romcom failure and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:19) Emotional Evolution of James Bond (10:11) Unrealistic Female Characters (14:14) How She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Patronises Women (23:57) Does Woke Fan-baiting Work? (31:49) Reducing Galadriel’s Roles of Mother & Wife (37:48) Cultural Narcissism in Marvel (45:54) Is Meghan Markle Going Too Far? (53:00) Increasing Gap Between Critic & Audience Reviews (59:42) What is the True Role of a Studio? (1:04:41) The Next 5 Years of Cinema (1:14:06) Where to Find Baggage Claim

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