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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 14h

"Neuroticism and agreeableness demonstrated opposite patterns for men and women in relation to having a partner: negative for men, positive for women...for women, emotional expressiveness may be more acceptable, consistent with feminine gender role expectations" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The interplay between gender and personality in relationship outcomes: Satisfaction across domains and partnership status

This study tested whether gender moderates links between extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness and relationship outcomes: satisfaction in friendshi…

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 18h

"there is not a great evidentiary basis for how to advise people in non-monogamous (compared to monogamous) relationships. We need cautious, curious, and humble approaches to this topic because there’s so much that we don’t know" justinmogilski.substack.com/p/a-scientif...

A Scientific Approach to Consensual Non-monogamy (CNM)

Why studying CNM ought to be a science, and the harm when it's not.

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 2d

"relatively strong pro-marriage norms tend to increase the overall rate of marriage in communities with a high prevalence of polygyny to a greater extent than the effect of polygyny on marriage market sex ratios decreases that rate"

Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 1/ New paper from CCEs @rebeccasear.bsky.social led by @hggaddy.bsky.social with @anthrolog.bsky.social challenging some common assumptions about polygyny (there are many…)

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High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 7d

"elucidation of concordance and divergence between male- and female-specific GWAS results...not only enhances our genetic comprehension of complex traits but also charts a future where sex-informed genomics becomes a cornerstone of biological and medical sciences" bioengineer.org/aligning-mal...

Aligning Male and Female GWAS Reveals Genetic Insights

In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications, researchers have unveiled new insights into the genetic underpinnings of complex traits by dissecting the concordance between male- and

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 8d

"limitations of prevailing gender equity scholarship, including how a lack of diversity in general and intersectionality in particular, methodological biases, and individual-level solutions may inadvertently perpetuate inequities" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 9d

"Technological innovations…ever bigger workloads…Tightening regulations…academic freedom under pressure…Yet, universities remain hotbed of innovation — and a source of huge expertise, knowledge and value for wider society…how the sector can and must adapt to survive" www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The future of universities: A Nature special report

The world's universities are under intense pressure. Nature examines the threats they face and asks how the sector can and must adapt to survive.

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 9d

"should be no value judgement on individuals who do not have sex...400,000 UK residents aged 39-73, 13,500 Australian aged 18-89. Around 1% had not had sex...Men w/lower grip strength and arm muscle mass less likely to have had sex...no such correlations among women" www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...

New psychology research shows a genetic link between higher intelligence and never having sex

Romantic partnerships are central to many lives, but what about those who go without? A major new study explores the well-being of people who have never had sex, finding connections to loneliness, hap...

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Protzko @protzko.bsky.social · 13d

Hostile and benevolent sexism are both on the decline in 1,097 studies, N = 339,740 since 1996.

Note that "3" on these scales is already a neutral response. Even bigger progress in countries with more hostile sexism.

From Matthew D. Hammond

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 14d

On average, it takes a little more than 4 years for a person’s emotional attachment to an ex-partner to dissolve halfway and around 8 years for the bond to fade fully, suggests research in Social Psychological and Personality Science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Long-Term Stability of Affective Bonds After Romantic Separation: Do Attachments Simply Fade Away? - Jia Y. Chong, R. Chris Fraley, 2025

What happens to attachment bonds when relationships end? One common assumption is that such bonds partly endure, such that former partners continue to fulfill a...

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 14d

"by thoughtfully designing decision-making environments, we can encourage reluctant individuals to act altruistically" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reluctant altruism: Underlying mechanisms and global variations

Altruistic decisions are central to civic engagement and humanitarian efforts. However, altruistic behavior is often context-dependent rather than con…

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 15d

"if we allow science to become just another tribe, we will be asking people to choose between their loved ones and abstract principles. However that ends, it won’t end well" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | I’m a former creationist. Here’s why ‘follow the science’ failed.

The moment I finally admitted that Darwin was right didn’t feel liberating. It felt like grief.

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 17d

"Narcissism, both adaptive and maladaptive traits, varies across cultural contexts...This study examines the measurement invariance of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory (FFNI) between the Brazilian Portuguese and the US versions" econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10....

Cross-Cultural Comparison of Five-Factor Narcissism Inventories Between Brazil and the United States: Psychological Test Adaptation and Development: Vol 6

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 18d

🧵 1/ New paper co-authored by Francisco Gomez Jimenez from the CCE and colleagues explores same-sex sexuality within an evolutionary framework published in Archives of Sexual Behavior 🧪

Kin-Directed Altruism and Male Androphilia in Thailand: Investigating the Roles of Femininity and Neuroticism - Archives of Sexual Behavior

The kin selection hypothesis (KSH) proposes that same-sex attracted individuals offset their lowered direct reproduction via kin-directed altruism that increases close genetic relatives’ reproduction,...

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 19d

"participants who met their partners online reported lower relationship satisfaction and lower intensity of experienced love compared to those who met offline, with effect sizes ranging from small to medium" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 21d

"sexless individuals (never had sex) tend to be more educated and less likely to use alcohol and drugs...sexless men more likely to live in regions with higher proportion of men, greater income inequality" www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

Life without sex: Large-scale study links sexlessness to physical, cognitive, and personality traits, socioecological factors, and DNA

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 21d

"diversity of happiness conceptions and their links to well-being...interventions should be tailored to individuals' specific belief systems, as a one-size-fits-all approach may be insufficient" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 22d

"girls who more strongly associated spatial ability with boys performed more accurately [mental rotation] than those who associated it with their own gender...This unexpected direction of this effect is difficult to reconcile with existing theoretical frameworks" www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 25d

"provide the earliest and the latest ages they think appropriate for engaging in several life events...social clock was more rigid in China than in the United States, and filial piety beliefs are likely explanations" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 26d

"a higher number of past partners, especially recent ones, led to less favorable evaluations. The only difference was that for individuals high in sociosexuality, the negative effects were somewhat muted, though not reversed" www.psypost.org/large-cross-...

Large cross-cultural study finds your "body count" affects your desirability, with little evidence of gender bias

A person’s sexual history can shape how desirable they seem as a long-term partner. But a new cross-cultural study suggests people aren’t applying different standards to men and women.

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 27d

"both male and female participants rated male professors higher across nearly all dimensions...clarity, interest, competence, self-confidence. Women rated more highly on care. This pattern held even for participants who reported egalitarian views about gender roles" www.psypost.org/students-rat...

Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find

When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is...

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 28d

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A Classroom Clash Over Course Content Went Viral. Texas A&M Fired the Instructor and Removed 2 Administrators.

The flap was sparked Monday by a Republican state lawmaker, who posted videos that he said show an exchange between an instructor and a student over discussion of gender identity.

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 29d

At the core of this is a student saying she refuses to engage with class material that goes “against our President’s laws”

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 29d

"we contribute to the refinement of cross-cultural research methodology by advocating for a tailored approach to addressing non-independence that models the real-world processes under examination" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · Sep 5

"people are sensitive to the amount of population variance on a trait, and flexibly adjust their partner preferences to focus on traits which vary more among others" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wealth or generosity? People choose partners based on whichever is more variable

Organisms benefit from choosing partners who are willing and able to provide them with benefits (e.g., choose based on warmth, competence, wealth). Bu…

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · Aug 27

We will also use funds to support the re-launch of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society in Denver, CO alongside the #HumanBiologyAssociation meetings, including funds for prizes.

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