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Re:Sex Differences in Friendship Preferences by xapata on Sunday January 23, 2022 @04:56PM (#30050905)
That's an observation of modern characteristics, not evolutionary pressures.
Re:Sex Differences in Friendship Preferences by strickman on Sunday January 23, 2022 @05:05PM (#30050978)
It wasn't my intention to limit my comments on this to statements for which I have links to supporting academic studies. I wanted to propose my guesses, because it's fun to see who else has arrived at the same spot. I was careful to start with "I think it's" rather than "it is true that" or "consensus exists that".
Re:Sex Differences in Friendship Preferences by xapata on Monday January 24, 2022 @02:14AM (#30054486)
Your "I think" described the conclusion. I didn't read it as describing your explanation for that conclusion, which you seemed much more confident about.
Re:Sex Differences in Friendship Preferences by rajin444 on Sunday January 23, 2022 @05:05PM (#30050981)
How can you say that for certain? We don’t understand genetics well enough yet (much less anything downstream of that).
Re:Sex Differences in Friendship Preferences by xapata on Monday January 24, 2022 @02:08AM (#30054458)
The comment discussed a survey of humans alive today.