How Men Compete For Status - Rob Henderson

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... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on all of MASA’s Chips at www.masachips.com/modernwisdom use code MODERNWISDOM) 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 #evolutionarypsychology #humannature #competition - 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 Bourne Movies 1:19:56 Where to Find Rob - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Rob HendersonguestChris Williamsonhost

Nov 24, 20221h 21mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: November 24, 2022
Duration: 1h 21m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on all of MASA’s Chips at www.masachips.com/modernwisdom use code MODERNWISDOM) 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 #evolutionarypsychology #humannature #competition - 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 Bourne Movies 1:19:56 Where to Find Rob - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Rob Henderson
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Chris Williamson
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Rob Henderson and Chris Williamson, How Men Compete For Status - Rob Henderson explores how Male Status, Strength, And Threat Shape Sex, Morals, Violence Rob Henderson and Chris Williamson explore how male status and physical formidability, rather than pure attractiveness, drive sexual success, social hierarchy, and even moral judgment. Drawing on evolutionary psychology, Henderson explains his PhD thesis that physical and social threats make people’s moral judgments stricter, and how age, sex, and vulnerability shape disgust and morality. They examine the Male Warrior Hypothesis, sex differences in direct vs. indirect aggression, and how cooperation and extreme violence are two sides of the same human coin. The conversation also covers dad bods, preselection in mating, secondary sex characteristics as signals to other men, and ritualized male conflict like the “male monkey dance” that governs when and how men fight.

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