Study of pseudo-Albertus Magnus’s De Secretis Mulierum reveals that women’s social powers, which mystify men, are women’s most important secrets. … Read the post study of De Secretis Mulierum enlightens mystified men
The songs and social structure of birds are an emergent property of their particular nature with limited within-lifetime scope for successful variation. … Read the post sex differences in birds and their songs
Sex differences in hormonal responses to stress, particularly responses of oxytocin and testosterone, differentially favor male disposability. … Read the post oxytocin & testosterone underlie male disposability
Scholarly work on sex differences in communication is astonishingly bad. Evidence for sex differences is voluminous, significant, and willfully disparaged. … Read the post scholarly literature on sex differences in communication
Both advocates and foes of the idea that women and men belong to different communication cultures ignore human evolution and biological reality. … Read the post women and men belong to different communication cultures?
The human evolutionary history of virilocality and polygyny means social communication has been more evolutionarily significant for women than for men. … Read the post virilocality & polygyny in evolution of communicative sex differences
From an evolutionary perspective, sophisticated social communication and indirect aggression plausibly has been more significant for woman than for men. … Read the post indirect aggression through social communication
Under a gender-neutral definition of rape, a major 2010 victimization survey (NISVS) found that 1.1% of men and 1.1% of women were raped in the past year. … Read the post rape of men about as prevalent as rape of women
Men’s larger physical size relative to women gives men a social disadvantage in voice pitch. That’s particularly significant in modern human society. … Read the post physical size and voice pitch: biology of physical versus social advantage
While razorbills provide equal parental care at the nest, male razorbills more closely communicate with chicks and provide sole care at sea. … Read the post sex differences in communication among razorbills