Murder is Bad Sep 16
pirate wires #148 // on accusations of "fanning the flames" after accurately describing reality, and an earnest appeal to the center left: we must reassert a strong taboo against violence — together
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Why Do Women Online Blow Relationship Issues Out Of Proportion?
why women online constantly encourage one another to escalate small or nonexistent misdeeds into existential relationship threats
Diana Fleischman
Apr 20, 2023
In general, why do we hate liars, and fear snakes? Why are men so competitive? Why are women so verbally inclined?
Evolutionary psychology attempts to explain human psychological qualities in terms of their ancient advantages. In other words, which dispositions, traits, and impulses helped our ancestors survive, compounded over time, and came to shape the modern man? Today, through the lens of this fascinating field of study, a journey through one of the great questions of our time: why do women give each other such absolutely terrible advice in online forums?
Diana S. Fleischman is an evolutionary psychologist and author, and writes at her Substack Dissentient. She guests today for Pirate Wires with a great new dispatch from the intersection of human culture and technology.
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