Currently in a “situationship” or had a few? Please spare 10 mins for my MSc dissertation study! Survey link below. Situationships = relationships that fall between casual dating and committed partnerships, often lacking clear labels or commitment. https://t.co/8ozlae31By

According to the Labour Government: Milkshakes ❌ Puberty Blockers ✅

Officially a master of science! 🧬 🥳

"relationship status still accounted for significant variance in well-being above and beyond these personality variables" https://t.co/ImE14yo1rL

in your 20s there will be a cat and it is very important to get that cat and spend so much money on it

“Academic accommodations for anxiety convey two harmful messages. First, they imply that the feared situation is truly dangerous. Public speaking, testing, or lunch with classmates are too risky for a student. Second, they suggest that the student can’t withstand the distress.

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Ah yes, let's pathologise looking after and supporting ones partner in a long-term, committed relationship. That'll solve the reproductive crisis.

Infidelity Rates 2024 meta analysis of 305 studies (N = 508,241, 47 countries) Men report more infidelity than women across nearly every type measured. In the sexual and electronic/online infidelity categories men were about twice as likely as women. https://t.co/A3BI6ZCFvA

I miss my prime era (finishing a book in a day)

A 2024 study of 297 sexually betrayed partners found that 87% reported self blame and 43% had considered harming themselves. 83.5% remained with the partner who betrayed them, and 39% said they had not been given specific help to manage their anger. Overall, 84% reported that

"Many suffer from what we might call dimorphism dysphoria: They’re deeply uncomfortable with the suggestion that men and women differ above the neck, and especially with the possibility that the differences might come from nature rather than nurture." [Link below.]

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events IOC likely to announce new policy early in new year after findings of a scientific review about the permanent physical advantages of being born male

"In our species, both sexes are choosy about their long-term mates, and both compete among themselves for the best mates on offer. For that reason, both sexes have their equivalents of the peacock’s tail and the deer’s antlers." [Link below.]

Loneliness is associated with cognitive impairment. Stay connected.

being a young woman with traditional values is just having wildly controversial opinions like “fathers matter” and “marriage is the goal of relationships”

The current discourse pushes young women between two extremes. One tells them to have sex like men and treat it as casual and emotionally weightless. The other tells them to withdraw from men entirely because heterosexual sex is inherently degrading. Neither serves women. Both

🧵Why having older brothers can be good for boys, but then bad! Why having older sisters can be bad for girls. Biological siblingships involve cooperation and conflict, both of which can be predicted by evolutionary theory. *clip from my EvoPsych lecture on Kinship & Altruism*

Sports categories based on hormone levels really is ridiculous. For one thing, male (high T) puberty provides permanent & significant advantages, eg in height, lung capacity & musculature. These do not vanish when testosterone is later blocked and levels are in the female range.

In the first reply to this poll there is a picture of Sydney Sweeney (not that one 😅) and a winner of Miss Universe. Who do you find more attractive? Are you male or female?

Universities have marketed themselves less as academic institutions and more as lifestyle brands. They’ve de-emphasized rigor, standardized tests, and intellectual discomfort in favor of “community,” “fit,” & “experience” Students now expect constant validation, emotional