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In this guest episode I sit down with Professor Marc J. Defant, Professor of Geology and Geochemistry whose work spans the physical sciences and evolutionary psychology.

Recently he published a peer-reviewed paper in Sexuality & Culture titled “Evolutionary Psychology and the Crisis of Empirical Rigor in Feminist Studies” - https://rdcu.be/eOkjZ

The paper argues that much of modern feminist scholarship is ideology and not grounded in any truth. Professor Defant and I discuss how social constructivism has created confusion about relationships, work, masculinity, and femininity. We explore human evolution, parental investment theory, cross-cultural studies of mate selection preferences, and much more.

Listen in to learn how feminism might have broken an old template but has gone too far in denying human nature, why suppressing sex differences actually clarifies them more, the real roots of the pay gap, and what’s really going on between men and women today.

Get in touch with Professor Marc J. Defant here: https://www.marcdefant.com/about/

-Watch his TED talk here: https://youtu.be/_nCOhrYV7eg?si=SmxngOyM1fTCaO1aTIMESTAMPS:

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Intro & Attraction Differences

01:00 — Introducing Professor Marc J. Defant 

01:56 — Background in Evolutionary Psychology 

03:11 — Feminist Critiques of Biology 

04:00 — Social Constructivism vs. Instincts 

06:48 — Motherhood & Changing Priorities 

08:44 — How Fatherhood Changes Men 

10:11 — Human Evolution & Brain Size 

11:51 — Male Parental Investment 

14:25 — Cross-Cultural Mate Preferences 

14:56 — Why Men Value Youth & Beauty 

16:26 — Modern Women Providing Resources 

18:51 — The APA on Toxic Masculinity 

20:06 — High-Earning Women & Divorce 

21:33 — The Crisis in Feminist Studies 

23:44 — Fat Studies & Health at Every Size 

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