This week is for women. Last week was for men.

This week is for men. Next week is for women.

How do we manage stress?

We'll read & answer listener emails & questions.

We'll talk about the psychology behind humor.

Email any questions to [email protected] or call in 657-383-0751 Some of the questions we'll go over... From listeners: 1) Why do we see a huge discrepancy between societies empathy towards human needs until it comes to sexual satisfaction. We use tax money to fund basic needs of all kinds but if you're a sexual loser you're basically on your own in every way shape and form. Aren't outcast losers in the sexual realm more likely to become radical, rebellious, dangerous to the group? Are there any "stone age" examples of us quelling these dangers and are there any modern examples? 2) Western men seem to be overwhelmed because they are seeing the women they want drenched in sexual attention and it is petrifying them, often at an early age. Age difference is key here because guys in middle to late teens are just starting to figure out their place in the world, but teen girls the moment they hit legal status can be launched all the way into status and they aren't often keen to hide it. Western society is at a place where hypergamy is broadcasted due to marketing patterns which have always taken advantage of sex while young men are unable to ignore their peers being rocketed into the sexual marketing realm left wondering what is really left for them?

Evolutionary pscyhology explains grudges, sports competitions, and the rivalries that go with it.

Most people assume friendships get harder in adulthood because everyone is busy. Dr. Lisle says that's not the real reason. Friendships are insurance policies, and when you already have a stable pair bond, healthy kids, money in the bank, and a high-functioning brain, the village stops offering you anything you actually need. The flatness you feel is not a failure. It's an accurate cost-benefit readout.

In this listener Q&A, Dr. Doug Lisle unpacks why female mate choice is asymmetrically more flexible than male mate choice, why bright and emotionally stable people are often treated like the group therapist by less stable friends, why the Big Five is a genuine scientific advance over typologies like Jungian theory, and why modern life produces an epidemic of social isolation and meaninglessness that would have been nearly impossible in a Stone Age village. He also breaks down how humor works as a status-loss mechanism and why male bonding runs on insincere insults while female bonding runs on insincere compliments.

Key question covered: Why do my friendships feel so one-sided and unsatisfying now that I'm a stable adult with a family?

Beat Your Genes is co-hosted by evolutionary psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle, PhD and Dr. Nathan Gershfeld, DC.

New episodes every other week.

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Intro and outro: City of Happy Ones. Ferenc Hegedus. Licensed for use. Copyright Beat Your Genes Podcast

How do we make such great friends? We'll answer this question by going over an article called "Why Men Are Better at Friendship Than Women"

A humorously scientific look about what men say vs. what they mean.