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Re:Girls believe brilliance is a male trait, research into g... by tornadoboy55 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @04:58PM (#13495615)
Not only online. If a girl (especially a pretty one) is having a lot of sex, other girls will be the first to call her a slut (mostly behind her back). It has always amazed me how vicious girls are to eachother, even in groups of supposed friends.. guys tend to shoot the shit, but they do genuinely stick up for eachother.
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Re:Girls believe brilliance is a male trait, research into g... by EekSnakePond on Thursday January 26, 2017 @07:39PM (#13496777)
It's a mating strategy. If a girl has acquired a capable mate, then the other females only stand to benefit by successfully undermining that relationship. Upon doing so, the capable mate chances to be distributed across the girl's social network are significantly increased, thus, increasing collective survival.
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Re:Girls believe brilliance is a male trait, research into g... by gizmo686 on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:27AM (#13498309)
Then why do we see this behavior in girls, and not boys.

In fact, wouldn't we expect to see this behaviour more in males because males can have multiple mates to a greater extent than females can.

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Re:Girls believe brilliance is a male trait, research into g... by EekSnakePond on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:09PM (#13500993)
Both sides have their strategies to maximize fertility. This is the female strategy, which enhances the male strategy of sexual aggression.
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