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The Brutal Tactics of Female Sexual Competition - Dr Dani Sulikowski

2026-02-26 People & Blogs
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Dr Dani Sulikowski is an evolutionary psychologist, professor, and researcher. Female intrasexual competition is more ruthless than most people realise. Just when we think we understand how women compete with one another, the rules shift—and the limits move. So how intense is female intrasexual competition really, and what has social media done to amplify it? Expect to learn what female intrasexual competition is trying to achieve and how it differs from males, why Vogue Magazine said having a boyfriend is cringe now and Dr Sulikowski’s response to that, if reproductive suppression works against men, what some of the more under recognised methods of intrasexual competition that women engage in are, if there are any societal shifts that people are pinning on men that you think are more due to female intrasexual competition and much more… - 0:00 Do All Women Participate in Intrasexual Competition? 8:14 Why Are Women So Hard on Each Other’s Looks? 12:23 The Real Difference Between Male and Female Competition 21:36 Why Does Talking About Female Competition Feel So Taboo? 24:54 The Dating Advice War: What Are Women Saying? 35:53 Is Having a Boyfriend Cringe Now? 49:12 Do Reproductive Suppression Strategies Work Against Men? 55:37 Why Evolution Hasn’t Saved Us From Falling Birth Rates 01:00:30 Why It’s So Controversial to Talk About Birth Rate Decline 01:04:33 Is the Modern Workplace Hurting Reproductive Rates? 01:13:10 Are Single Women Unhappier? 01:14:51 How Toxic Masculinity is Harming Female Competition 01:26:00 Why Modern Men Are Pulling Back 01:31:45 Has Gender Politics Broken Dating? 01:49:33 Where to Find Dr Dani - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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@ChrisWillx 2026-02-24

Hello you savages. Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Here’s the timestamps: 0:00 Do All Women Compete With Each Other? 8:14 Why Women Judge Each Other’s Looks So Harshly 12:23 Male vs Female Competition: What's the Difference? 21:36 Why Is Female Competition So Taboo? 24:54 The Dating Advice War: What Are Women Saying? 35:53 Is Having a Boyfriend Cringe Now? 49:12 Do Reproductive Suppression Strategies Work Against Men? 55:37 Why Evolution Hasn’t Saved Us From Falling Birth Rates 01:00:30 Why Declining Birth Rates Are So Controversial 01:04:33 Is the Modern Workplace Reducing Reproductive Rates? 01:13:10 Are Single Women Less Happy? 01:14:51 How Toxic Masculinity is Shaping Female Competition 01:26:00 Why Modern Men Are Pulling Back From Dating 01:31:45 Has Gender Politics Broken Dating? 01:49:33 Where to Find Dr Dani

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@KanziKanz 2026-02-27

If you look at the story of Cinderella, it wasn't the men holding her back, it was the sisters doing the gatekeeping

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@jnauttube 2026-02-26

Suddenly the body positivity movement makes total sense.

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@AnneBolynne 2026-02-26

I think plenty of women don’t recognise how cruel we are and blame everything on men

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@abdulaziz10071 2026-02-28

The amount of times I realized that I wasn't dating a person, but rather a complete social paradigm is disheartening.

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@JohnSmith-bp3mf 2026-02-26

Supermodel - when I dated her, she spoke at length about how careful she had to be when approaching a group of women. She had to pretend to be very humble, making self effacing jokes, and downplay her high fashion career. Otherwise the group of women would try to take her down.

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@FrostBite-r8v 2026-02-26

How is she allowed to study this in Australia? Female accountability is largely banned here

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@Stan-b3v 2026-02-27

The concept of the women trying to block the competition instead of trying to outpace them shows the unfortunate dynamics of how they tend to impact political and business environments as well.

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@TheWinterfox10 2026-03-04

Following this logic; being sabotaged by women's friends is one of the biggest compliments there is.

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@John-r1z4d 2026-02-26

A man who has been in a relationship with a woman who works with other women will know how unkind women are to each other because he’ll have listened to it every day when she comes home from work.

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