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Mating Straight Talk!
Please join our conversation about relationships, male-female differences, sexuality, and gender politics within a scientific and evolving cultural framework. If you are curious about human mating behavior and evolutionary psychology, you are in the right place. You will also find “straight talk” about attraction, sexual psychology, and heterosexual mate choice.
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Steven Fearing
Recent Blog Posts
Wokeism: Good, Bad, and Misguided – a View from Mate Selection Science
Prologue and Caveat – Let’s Be More Woke Before I get into the issues of non-binary advocacy and problems with contemporary “wokeism,” as promised last week (What Does Non-Binary Mean? Biology and Politics Collide), I must revisit the true meaning of “woke” and...
What Does Non-Binary Mean? Biology and Politics Collide
President Trump has issued an order that requires federal agencies to recognize only two sexes, male and female. It says: “These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.” Advocacy groups say, “The true intent of the order...
Reasons for Gender Divide in 2024 Election
In the latest USA Today/Suffolk University national poll, women backed Kamala Harris, 53% to 36%. That is a mirror image of men’s overwhelming support for Trump, 53% to 37%. If these margins hold until election day, it will be the most significant disparity...