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Intrasexual Competition: The Hidden Crisis of Modern Relationships

Intrasexual Competition: The Hidden Crisis of Modern Relationships

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Birth rates across the developed world have fallen below replacement, and in places like South Korea and Japan the decline is severe. That much isn't controversial. What causes it very much is.Our guest this episode is Dr. Dani Sulikowski, a researcher in evolutionary psychology whose work on intrasexual competition has made her one of the more provocative voices in the field. She argues that a great deal of modern social messaging around family and career functions, whether anyone intends it or not, to suppress reproduction, and she traces that argument through mating psychology, social contagion, and the research literature on competition between members of the same sex.It is a contested position and we treat it as one. Along the way we get into more concrete ground: why so few young people are ever told plainly how age affects fertility, why the advice to "have kids later" quietly assumes you'll have found a partner by then, and why finding that person is a much harder problem at thirty-five than most people plan for.We also talk about research on eating disorders and body image as forms of competition between women, what men and women actually report finding attractive versus what each assumes the other wants, and what would have to change culturally for people to feel able to start families earlier without being judged for it.This is a long conversation on difficult material and we don't expect everyone to agree with our guest, or with each other. Views expressed by guests are their own.

Topics discussed

  • Global birth rate decline and why population can still grow while decline is already locked in
  • Intrasexual competition as a concept in evolutionary biology
  • Dr. Sulikowski's thesis on reproductive suppression, and where it's contested
  • Why age-related fertility decline is so rarely explained plainly to young people
  • The overlooked problem of finding a partner, not just deciding to have children
  • Research on eating disorders and body image as competitive behavior
  • What men and women each assume the other finds attractive, versus what the research shows
  • Whether cultural attitudes toward young parents could realistically change

Links referenced in this episode:

  • DrDaniS on X
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