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Dudes try "dating Darwinism"

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  • Friday, November 21, 2008 07:05 PM

    if men have (much) less power in the sexual/emotional/romantic sphere and men and women have equal power in every other

    then men have less overall and when people are (relatively) healthy and don't have to struggle for basic survival they have more time and energy to focus on, and be bothered by, other things.

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