Mean Girls: Women Evolved to Be Catty?

Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 20:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Women are more likely than men to engage in indirect aggression such as rumor spreading and group exclusion. And it turns out that from an evolutionary perspective, such 'catty' behaviors work at eliminating sexual competition, a new paper argues.

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