Why Science Says Men & Women Will Never Be The Same - David Geary - #622

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
What's happening, people, welcome back to the show. My guest today is David Geary. He's a Cognitive Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology Professor at the University of Missouri and an author. Men and women are different. This should not be a controversial statement, and yet it is. Thankfully, David has spent an entire career assessing differences between men and women in every domain, from physical to psychological and behavioral to cognitive. Expect to learn the real reason why women are underrepresented in STEM, why achieving true gender equality in prosperous countries is impossible, the massive differences between men's and women's brains, why strength is not the most compelling argument against trans athletes in female sports, why there has been such a rapid increase in transgender youths, and much more. This episode is absolutely awesome. David's insights are fantastic. Sex differences are absolutely fascinating. It's perfect. I live for these kinds of insights. There is so much cool stuff in here. There are easy rebuttals for the next time that somebody tells you the only reason that men and women are different are because of socialized and learned responses. It's awesome. I really, really hope that you enjoy this one. If you do, please go and hit the subscribe button. It is the best way to support the show. Some ungodly number of you are just raw dogging it, totally freewheeling and not subscribed, hoping that you're gonna remember when new episodes go up. That's not very cool. So go to Spotify and press the follow button in the middle of the screen, or there is a plus in the top right-hand corner on Apple podcasts. I thank you very much. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Whoop. Whoop just released their brand new and most exciting feature of the year, the stress monitor. It's a novel feature that allows you to track your stress levels in real time to help you understand how your body and mind are connected and to help you identify different situations in your daily life that trigger a physiological response. In addition to being able to monitor your stress levels, you also have access to in-app breathwork interventions designed by Andrew Huberman to help manage stress or increase alertness. If you are interested in learning more about this new feature, you can go and check it out in your app if you're already using it. And if you're not, go and get yourself a Whoop right now. You can join for free, pay nothing for the brand new Whoop 4 strap, plus get your first month for free. And there's a 30 day money back guarantee. So you can buy it for free, try it for free, and if you do not like it after 29 days, they will give you your money back. Head to join.whoop.com/modernwisdom to try out the best fitness tracker that I've ever found. That's join.whoop.com/modernwisdom.
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