#586 - Dr Khandis Blake - Why Do Women Take Sexy Selfies?

<p>Dr Khandis Blake is an Evolutionary Social Psychologist at the University of Melbourne whose research focuses on status seeking, the menstrual cycle & sexual politics.</p> <p>It is no surprise that women try to enhance their beauty, put on makeup, wear high heels and sometimes take off some layers for photos. But what predicts beautification? Is it all a product of the patriarchy or is it something else? Just why are women making all this effort?</p> <p>Expect to learn whether women condemn promiscuity more when they have sons, what predicts a high prevalence of sexy selfies, whether society has an incel problem, the relationship between makeup and female assertiveness, how income inequality motivates some very odd behaviour and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at <a href="https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom</span></a> (use code: MW10)</p> <p class="p1">Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at <a href= "https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (automatically applied at checkout)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Follow Khandis on Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/KhandisBlake">https://twitter.com/KhandisBlake</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/books/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/</a></p> <p>To support me on Patreon (thank you): <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom</span></a></p> <p class="p1">-</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Get