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Bobster's avatar

Does and how do the dynamics differ when meeting ( hetrosexuals ) the opposite sex from a different continent. Northern European man v SE Asia women ?

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Stephen Davids's avatar

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?

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Ed James's avatar

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?

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Stephen Montgomery-Smith's avatar

How does

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SC Kristin Maguire's avatar

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?

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Nathan Woodard's avatar

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?

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TheBlues's avatar

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.

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Rebecca's avatar

Are there any differences between the sexes in regards to romance scams?

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Damien Elias's avatar

Was Francis a teacher in Venezuela?

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JohnBry's avatar

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?

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Krijn's avatar

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.

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Bruce's avatar
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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?

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JamieHMiller's avatar

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?

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Zo's avatar

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?

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HAMISH MACKENZIE's avatar

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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Claudia von Ayres's avatar

What is a Woman? What and where is Palestine?

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