Steve Stewart-Williams
Steve Stewart-Williams is an evolutionary psychologist, professor, and author. His published research focuses on human mating dynamics, including mate preferences, partner evaluation, and sociosexuality. He has also conducted extensive research on social reactions to sex-difference findings and the motives underlying scientific censorship.
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Scientific evidence demonstrates that women are more prone to experiencing 'the ick' than men.
"She's predicting that, 'cause women on average are choosier, women are more prone to the ick, which is I don't think anyone would disagree with that intuition, and we've now got good evidence that that's the case." (said at 0:13:21)
No published record matching the claim that scientific evidence demonstrates women are more prone to experiencing 'the ick' than men was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Among hunter-gatherer societies, approximately 5% of first marriages last for life.
"in those kind of societies, though, often like a small number, small but like non-trivial number, 5% or so of first marriages do last for life." (said at 0:30:36)
No published record matching the claim that approximately 5% of first marriages last for life among hunter-gatherer societies was located; this does not prove the claim false. While ethnographic studies of foraging populations document high rates of early marital instability and serial monogamy, no empirical dataset or cross-cultural review quantifying that approximately 5% of first marriages endure for a lifetime was identified in the anthropological literature.
Analyses of folk tales and fairy stories across different world regions consistently show greater emphasis placed on women's physical appearance and on men's resources and status.
"if you look at um uh folk tales and fairy stories from right across the world, different world regions, you do find that very consistently that people put more importance on women's appearance than they do on men's and more importance on men's resources and status than they do on women's." (said at 2:02:40)
No published record matching the claim that analyses of folk tales across different world regions consistently show greater emphasis placed on women's physical appearance and on men's resources and status was located; this does not prove the claim false.
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