About this episode

Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams discuss the scientific insights into the biological and psychological differences between men and women.

Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams examine what science reveals about biological and psychological differences between men and women. Steve Stewart-Williams is a professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham’s Malaysia campus and runs The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Newsletter. His latest book is A Billion Years of Sex Differences. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams discuss why women and men are more similar than is often thought and what the real sex differences between men and women are, from casual sex to career choices. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following ⁠this link on your phone⁠. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! ⁠Spotify⁠ | ⁠Apple⁠ | ⁠Google⁠ X: ⁠@Yascha_Mounk⁠ & ⁠@JoinPersuasion⁠ YouTube: ⁠Yascha Mounk⁠, ⁠Persuasion⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Yascha Mounk

Guest: Steve Stewart-Williams

Topics covered

• sex differences
• human nature
• psychology
• biological differences
• gender roles

Keywords

• sex differences
• human nature
• psychology
• gender
• biological differences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Nottingham, The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Newsletter

Books & works: A Billion Years of Sex Differences

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