About this episode
About This EpisodeIn this guest episode I sit down with Professor Marc J. Defant, Professor of Geology and Geochemistry whose work spans the physical sciences and evolutionary psychology.Recently he published a peer-reviewed paper in Sexuality & Culture titled “Evolutionary Psychology and the Crisis of Empirical Rigor in Feminist Studies” - https://rdcu.be/eOkjZThe paper argues that much of modern feminist scholarship is ideology and not grounded in any truth. Professor Defant and I discuss how social constructivism has created confusion about relationships, work, masculinity, and femininity. We explore human evolution, parental investment theory, cross-cultural studies of mate selection preferences, and much more.Listen in to learn how feminism might have broken an old template but has gone too far in denying human nature, why suppressing sex differences actually clarifies them more, the real roots of the pay gap, and what’s really going on between men and women today.Get in touch with Professor Marc J. Defant here: https://www.marcdefant.com/about/-Watch his TED talk here: https://youtu.be/_nCOhrYV7eg?si=SmxngOyM1fTCaO1aTIMESTAMPS:TIMESTAMPS:00:00 — Intro & Attraction Differences01:00 — Introducing Professor Marc J. Defant 01:56 — Background in Evolutionary Psychology 03:11 — Feminist Critiques of Biology 04:00 — Social Constructivism vs. Instincts 06:48 — Motherhood & Changing Priorities 08:44 — How Fatherhood Changes Men 10:11 — Human Evolution & Brain Size 11:51 — M