How Men Compete For Status - Rob Henderson - #556

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran. Men fight. Sometimes they look silly when they fight. But they also collaborate and team up to take on common enemies. Women fight in very different ways that are less obvious, but no less vicious, and they sometimes try to even scupper their own teammates. Expect to learn how men's judgements of formidability are better at predicting future sexual partners than women's judgements of attractiveness, why male intrasexual competition is so much more obvious, my theory around why men hate to hear that women like dad bods, why there are rules in a "no rules" street fight, what happens if you get kidnapped by an Amazonian tribe and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:53) Rob’s PhD Thesis (09:30) The Male Warrior Hypothesis (17:45) Are Men the Cause of Tribalism? (23:05) Chimp Aggression is 100x Human Aggression (29:23) Why Women Liking Dad-Bods Offends Men (47:35) Is Formidability in Men More Attractive Than Appearance? (54:58) Are Women More Attractive the More They Are Respected? (1:01:11) The Male Monkey Dance (1:12:25) Insights on Male Aggression from the The Bourne Identity Movies (1:19:56) Where to Find Rob Extra Stuff: Check out Rob's Substack - https://robkhenderson.substack.com/ Follow Rob on Twitter - https://twitter.com/robkhenderson Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:03.8	My guest today is Rob Henderson.
0:05.8	He's a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force veteran.
0:10.5	Men fight.
0:12.1	Sometimes they look silly when they fight, but also they collaborate and team up to take
0:16.5	on common enemies.
0:18.0	Women fight in different ways that are less obvious, but no less vicious, and sometimes
0:23.2	try to even scoop their own teammates.
0:26.0	Try to learn how men's judgments of formidableity are better at predicting future sexual partners
0:32.2	than women's judgments of attractiveness.
0:34.6	Why male intersexual competition is so much more obvious.
0:38.5	My theory around why men hate to hear that women like dadbods, why there are rules in a
0:44.2	no rules street fight, what happens if you get kidnapped by an Amazonian tribe and
0:50.3	much more.
0:51.3	Don't forget that if you are listening you should have also got a copy of the Modern
0:54.9	Wisdom reading list.
0:55.9	It is 100 books that you should read before you die.
0:58.5	A hundred of my favorite fiction and nonfiction with a little summary from me and an explanation
1:03.4	of why I like them.
1:04.4	They're grouped and categorized, plus there are links to go and get them straight away.
1:08.4	So if you need some new reading suggestions, go there.
1:11.4	ChrisWillX.com slash books.
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