Australian News / 11 April 2023
A new spin on the sisterhood
Settle in for some generalisations… According to new findings from a groundbreaking Harvard study, women can be more competitive with other women than men are with other men. Human evolutionary biologist Dr Joyce Benenson says her team’s findings upend decades of stereotypes and have significant implications for understanding human society. That’s because “accepted wisdom both within evolutionary biology and psychology is that men are the more competitive sex.” Why it’s the case, Benenson’s not sure, but she reckons it’s to do with childrearing and envy of other primary carers (aka other women) “with lots of resources that they did not have” because they would be “better able to care for their children”. As for the blokes, the study found that men are more competitive towards women than women are towards
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