Which categories of traits (physical, intellectual capacity, temperament, culture, life experience, etc.) are the strongest determinants of compatibility, and how strongly correlated are equivalent comeliness and the compatibility of two individuals?
Throughout history, throughout the world, it has been normal for older men to be with younger women - often with age gaps of 10 or even 20 years. Nowadays, in the West, such relationships are becoming increasingly unpopular, even taboo. Do you think this is good or bad?
Is this actually a widespread historical practice worldwide? And, setting aside good or bad judgments, what consequences have we seen for changing that practice and instead having more couplings by men and women of similar age?
To your first question: this is Google AI's answer - "Yes, it is true that throughout history, in most cultures, heterosexual relationships have most commonly been between an older man and a younger woman, although the size of the age gap has varied and been decreasing in recent times. This pattern is consistent across many societies and time periods, partly due to historical economic, social, and childbearing factors, such as the man's greater financial stability and the woman's potential to bear children." As to your second question - that's what I'm hoping David Buss will be able to answer!
Even in what you call "civilized" societies, the legal age of consent can range from 12 (Cuba) to 21 (Bahrain). Where to draw the moral line is a whole other topic!
Breastfeeding promotes child and maternal physical and emotional health. Is there a corresponding improvement for the father of the child? Does the delay of the resumption of ovulation post-partum due to breastfeeding impact a couple's interaction?
How does the prevalence of ovulation preventing birth control impact sexual choices that women and men make?
As a physicist, I live in the relatively simple world of deterministic systems, and I’m just awestruck by the depth and quality of thinking in the cognitive and behavioral sciences — thank you for that!! What, in your personal view, are the key characteristics that define a high-quality hypothesis, theory, or explanation in evolutionary behavioral science?
Who navigates best, men or women with the cognitive and physiological dissonance between our modern western promiscuity and its hormonal vectors, and incel culture and feminism.
I've read several articles describing the phenomenon of young Asian people no longer having sex. What happens to their normal, evolutionary-driven sex drive? Where does that energy go?
If there really is a documented decrease of testosterone in adult men (some 'influencers' and such keep hammering on about that); how will that affect humanity in general and men specifically when it plays out in society? Apart from the obvious lack of fertility if it keeps lowering to levels that can affect that.
Do you believe western societies are becoming feminized (i.e. woke / irrational left )?
If so what is the cause? Environmental hormone like chemical pollution / economic neoliberalism skewing the wealth distribution / contraceptive pill / etc?
Are there any historical precedents? How did that end up?
What are the chances of a resurgence of masculinity?
Technology. Human population spiked due first to agriculture, then sanitation - both advances delivered by Technology. Now, the very demanding human ape is in extremely high numbers no longer needed to advance Technology to its complete autonomy and off-planet, so our replenishment rate is being decreased; we *are* poisoned to infertility, but in the WEIRD nations we are "educated" to study (ways to serve the larger technological collective) and work and have fun rather than have families, and young people burdened (into anxiety and depression) with global social/political problems they feel powerless to effect are seriously deterred from natural parenthood.
How much do internal factors like level of testosterone or external ones like how sunny it is, affect our behavior in relationships? Are those key factors or relatively negligible?
How do technology interfaces (eg dating apps) intensify or diminish or confuse our physiological systems used in courtship/mate selection, and in consequence is there:
1. Adaption: reciprocal changes beginning to, or likely to, be seen in hind brain function that affects sex drive and in frontal brain higher order decision making?
2. Ironic discontentment: does more use of e-dating/e-interactions to increase mate availability/selection and avoid social risk, lead to less satisfactory courtship and mating success, and why?
Does and how do the dynamics differ when meeting ( hetrosexuals ) the opposite sex from a different continent. Northern European man v SE Asia women ?
Which categories of traits (physical, intellectual capacity, temperament, culture, life experience, etc.) are the strongest determinants of compatibility, and how strongly correlated are equivalent comeliness and the compatibility of two individuals?
Throughout history, throughout the world, it has been normal for older men to be with younger women - often with age gaps of 10 or even 20 years. Nowadays, in the West, such relationships are becoming increasingly unpopular, even taboo. Do you think this is good or bad?
Is this actually a widespread historical practice worldwide? And, setting aside good or bad judgments, what consequences have we seen for changing that practice and instead having more couplings by men and women of similar age?
To your first question: this is Google AI's answer - "Yes, it is true that throughout history, in most cultures, heterosexual relationships have most commonly been between an older man and a younger woman, although the size of the age gap has varied and been decreasing in recent times. This pattern is consistent across many societies and time periods, partly due to historical economic, social, and childbearing factors, such as the man's greater financial stability and the woman's potential to bear children." As to your second question - that's what I'm hoping David Buss will be able to answer!
I think uncivilized people don't always tend to have the age gap; I think the Bushmen of the Kalahari have 12 year olds paired up and married.
Even in what you call "civilized" societies, the legal age of consent can range from 12 (Cuba) to 21 (Bahrain). Where to draw the moral line is a whole other topic!
How does
Breastfeeding promotes child and maternal physical and emotional health. Is there a corresponding improvement for the father of the child? Does the delay of the resumption of ovulation post-partum due to breastfeeding impact a couple's interaction?
How does the prevalence of ovulation preventing birth control impact sexual choices that women and men make?
As a physicist, I live in the relatively simple world of deterministic systems, and I’m just awestruck by the depth and quality of thinking in the cognitive and behavioral sciences — thank you for that!! What, in your personal view, are the key characteristics that define a high-quality hypothesis, theory, or explanation in evolutionary behavioral science?
Who navigates best, men or women with the cognitive and physiological dissonance between our modern western promiscuity and its hormonal vectors, and incel culture and feminism.
Are there any differences between the sexes in regards to romance scams?
The lures are world apart
Was Francis a teacher in Venezuela?
I've read several articles describing the phenomenon of young Asian people no longer having sex. What happens to their normal, evolutionary-driven sex drive? Where does that energy go?
If there really is a documented decrease of testosterone in adult men (some 'influencers' and such keep hammering on about that); how will that affect humanity in general and men specifically when it plays out in society? Apart from the obvious lack of fertility if it keeps lowering to levels that can affect that.
Do you believe western societies are becoming feminized (i.e. woke / irrational left )?
If so what is the cause? Environmental hormone like chemical pollution / economic neoliberalism skewing the wealth distribution / contraceptive pill / etc?
Are there any historical precedents? How did that end up?
What are the chances of a resurgence of masculinity?
What’s the psychological explanation for the collapse in birth rates?
A century ago, large families were the norm.
Now, most societies aren’t even replacing themselves.
What’s driving this shift in our instincts to reproduce?
Technology. Human population spiked due first to agriculture, then sanitation - both advances delivered by Technology. Now, the very demanding human ape is in extremely high numbers no longer needed to advance Technology to its complete autonomy and off-planet, so our replenishment rate is being decreased; we *are* poisoned to infertility, but in the WEIRD nations we are "educated" to study (ways to serve the larger technological collective) and work and have fun rather than have families, and young people burdened (into anxiety and depression) with global social/political problems they feel powerless to effect are seriously deterred from natural parenthood.
How much do internal factors like level of testosterone or external ones like how sunny it is, affect our behavior in relationships? Are those key factors or relatively negligible?
Questions for Dr Buss.
How do technology interfaces (eg dating apps) intensify or diminish or confuse our physiological systems used in courtship/mate selection, and in consequence is there:
1. Adaption: reciprocal changes beginning to, or likely to, be seen in hind brain function that affects sex drive and in frontal brain higher order decision making?
2. Ironic discontentment: does more use of e-dating/e-interactions to increase mate availability/selection and avoid social risk, lead to less satisfactory courtship and mating success, and why?
Cheers!
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