What David Geary has said about Sex differences in competition
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 5, 2026
David Geary, Evolutionary psychologist, cognitive scientist, and professor at the University of Missouri, has been quoted on Sex differences in competition 2 times in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on November 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Geary describes women's evolved strategy as building social networks within male-built institutions to gain support and resources for themselves and their children.
“So it's not building institutions, it is working the dynamics within them”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 24:40
Geary contends that status-focused women who underperform in male hierarchies attribute gaps to bias and sexism as post hoc explanations.
“And so they come up with post hoc explanations like bias, systematic sexism, and so forth”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 48:35
Episodes
How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172Modern Wisdom · Nov 5, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Evolutionary psychologist David Geary tells Chris Williamson how male coalitional warfare, status competition, and technology shaped human brain evolution and modern behavior.
David Geary on other topics
- Social status · 3 quotes
- War and the origins of civilization · 2 quotes
- The Origin of Mind · 1 quote
- Evolutionary mismatch · 1 quote
- Patriarchy · 1 quote
- Paternal investment · 1 quote
- Default mode network · 1 quote
- Reproductive skew · 1 quote