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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

social networks

analysis of social relations emphasizing communications and evolutionary psychology

virilocality & polygyny in evolution of communicative sex differences

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

men's position in social communication in human evolution

Men’s relative disposability developed in human evolution through mutual re-enforcement between social values and sex differences in social communication. … Read the post men's position in social communication in human evolution

Decameron X.3: horrible generosity of Nathan and Mithridanes

In Decameron X.3 (Nathan and Mithridanes), material goods were cheap, self-esteem and social status were dear, and competition in generosity was horrible. … Read the post Decameron X.3: horrible generosity of Nathan and Mithridanes

strong reciprocity depends on communication

The insignificance of demographics for strong reciprocity concerns individual participants who understand themselves to be playing with anonymous others. … Read the post strong reciprocity depends on communication

sex differences: indirect aggression through social communication

From an evolutionary perspective, sophisticated social communication and indirect aggression plausibly has been more significant for woman than for men. … Read the post sex differences: indirect aggression through social communication

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