{"product":{"product_id":"0060556579","title":"The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature","price":"15.99","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/518qRc057-L._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060556579"},"comments":[{"body":"For anybody trying to answer who might need to know what book is being referred to, I believe it is this one: \r\n\r\n[The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature](https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579/ref=sr_1_13?crid=2U14HT4Z6N2ZV\u0026amp;keywords=red+queen\u0026amp;qid=1640802625\u0026amp;sprefix=red+queen%2Caps%2C65\u0026amp;sr=8-13) by Matt Ridley","subreddit_name":"AskHistorians","author":"robotnique"},{"body":"He is talking about male and female nature on a very high level. One that the vast majority of people do not have the intellectual ability to perceive and process without having their emotions get in the way, causing them to have a \"mUh MiSoGyNy” meltdown.\r\n\r\nI mean, how many people truly have the intellectual ability to understand the following book?\r\n\r\n[The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature](https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1634952123\u0026amp;sr=8-2)","subreddit_name":"Nietzsche","author":"ItsOKToBeParanoid"},{"body":"\u0026gt; Men have one mode of attraction to women. \r\n\r\nMen have two modes of attraction to women: wives and flings.  Both men and women toggle between long-term and short-term mating strategies.  The difference is that men look for quality for long-term mates whereas women look for quality for short-term mates.  A man is more likely to have a one night stand with a below average woman but will want a good looking and faithful woman for a wife.  A woman will insist that her one night stand be hot, but will accept a below average man for a husband because he pays for her bills and lifestyle.\r\n\r\nThe empirical data so strongly backs up this evolutionary response that any argument against it is implausible.  It would be like arguing that the world is flat.  You'd have to explain away far too many things like videos of the Earth taken from orbiting satellites and the ISS.\r\n\r\nThe dual strategies of men and women have been well document since at least the 1990s.\r\n\r\n[The Red Queen](https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579/ref=sr_1_6)","subreddit_name":"PurplePillDebate","author":"classicliberal1"},{"body":"I think the train is still out on why so many organisms have sex. Lots of good ideas but there is still good work to be done. Ridley's The Red Queen is still the best overview of the question. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579\r\n\r\nAny other recommendations?","subreddit_name":"evolution","author":"mittondr"},{"body":"Of course! Reproduction is the most important thing in life. All our anatomy, physiology and psychology are subordinated to it if we are adult and heterosexual. You are part of life and life is reproduction. But reproduction is also very \"costly\". Women even can die directly because of it and men indirectly competing with other men to get better sexual partner. Also keeping offspring is costly. So there must be very strong forces moving people to do something so crazy and risky. \r\n\r\nIf you like natural science read the book [The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060556579/ref=x_gr_w_bb?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=9325\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0060556579\u0026amp;SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2)","subreddit_name":"AskWomen","author":"MartBehaim"},{"body":"A) The Red Queen: \r\n\r\nhttp://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Queen-Evolution-Nature/dp/0060556579\r\n\r\nReview of book: \"Matt Ridley explains in the epilogue of The Red Queen that half of his ideas are probably wrong, just like those of Freud, Jung, and many others. But this common-sense attitude, projected onto the evolution of reproduction, is EXACTLY what about this book makes it so incredible.\"   \r\n\r\nWhen an author of a book says in the epilogue that \"it is at least half wrong\", the book makes for good fun but not really science.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2) I've read \"Guns Germs and Steel\". \r\n\r\nHaven't seen any evidence for matriarchal societies defined by:\r\n\r\n1) Alpha bangs all the women\r\n2) Betas are simps who just give resources to take care of alpha spawn\r\n3) Women run things with alphas and betas supplicating to the female.\r\n\r\nI agree with the polygamous patriarchies morphing into monogamous patriarchies. That has been shown historically as valid. This was true with the ancient Hebrew societies where the \"beta men\" rebelled against Soloman's empire due to high taxation, essentially splitting up the kingdom. Ergo, monogamous patriarchies were the only stable civilizations. Beta men didn't just passively allow themselves to be cucked and taxed.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe last comment is meaningless since you haven't proven shit from any scientific literature about how humans behaved before written history was developed.  \r\n\r\nI am still waiting on the citations showing these matriarchies forming before modern civilization/written civilization. All you have is speculation on how things worked for \"1.8 million years\". I'd like to see your evidence for it.\r\n\r\nAll of written history contradicts your assertions so you have to go into some mythical \"pre civilization\" speculation which you have no evidence/citations for.","subreddit_name":"TheRedPill","author":"fundude12"},{"body":"Ahh! You're too kind!  I wish I understood all the things involved a bit better... last year I read [a book](http://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579/ref=sr_1_1/178-7279839-0493017?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1440033041\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=red+queen+hypothesis) about the Red Queen Hypothesis and realized I hadn't understood why sex existed (as opposed to asexual reproduction) at all, so hopefully I haven't represented anything wrong.\r\n\r\nAlso have to admit I haven't adequately looked at the theological arguments for teleological evolution, so I'd love to hear your thoughts.\r\n\r\nCheers!","subreddit_name":"Christianity","author":"nopelette"},{"body":"First of all.....nothing about 'teaching women to be sexy' is more scientifically sound than PUA stuff. \r\n\r\nSecond, what you are missing is the bodybuilding scene. The gym culture is basically all about that. There is also a current trend in bodybuilding. \"Aesthetics\".\r\n\r\nIf you are looking for fashion advice, then there's definitely less for men. But you still have a few magazines which are about that.\r\n\r\nBooks about sexually attracting women. I have ready many PUA books in my time. Also much of the literature that is often recommended. Evolutionary psychology is a terribly icky subject.  Possibly something like this http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Queen-Evolution-Nature/dp/0060556579","subreddit_name":"NoStupidQuestions","author":"KennethGloeckler"},{"body":"There's a book by Matt Ridley called *The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature* ... not strictly TRP, but correlates many TRP concepts about human mating behavior with evolutionary psychology and biology.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Queen-Evolution-Nature/dp/0060556579\r\n\r\nFrom the cover: \"*The Red Queen* answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture -- including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening notions of beauty, and the disquieting fact that a woman is more likely to conceive a child by an adulterous lover than by her husband.\"\r\n\r\nMark Manson's \"Models\" touches on the subject too a little bit, as do some blog posts on the Rational Male.","subreddit_name":"TheRedPill","author":"CopperFox3c"},{"body":"Yes.  Or [The Red Queen](http://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1262592396\u0026amp;sr=8-1), by the same author.\r\n\r\nIf a little math is ok, \"Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics\", by Epstein, apparently not in print.","subreddit_name":"science","author":"oblivion95"},{"body":"That is an excellent question. \r\n\r\nYou might like to look up this excellent book on the topic: [https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579](https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579)","subreddit_name":"NoStupidQuestions","author":"SurprisedPotato"},{"body":"Yeah no.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579\r\n\r\nRead that.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"Reptilesblade"},{"body":"Lol, I wasn't aware you are a girl.\r\n\r\nI will tell you a few things just because you seem like a nice person.\r\n\r\n1. Cheaters are people without social conditioning. They cheat because they think just about themselves, witch in fact, and you will agree with me, is a common trait in a lot of people. To think just about themself I mean.\r\n\r\n2. We are animals 100%. Look at OUR history. Every evolutionary biologist will tell you that. Our mind didn't change from the ice age but our society did. \r\n\r\nIf you are a bit curious, read this book, it's really good.\r\n\r\nThe Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature\r\n\r\nhttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;url=https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjr8puOr5L6AhURHewKHZ61BjwQFnoECBQQAQ\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2EOQZEFzOwU2sMG0ZhwRb6\r\n\r\n3. Look girl, you NEED to take care of your self MORE, put boundaries and red lines. And dont back down on your standards. If you do that people will hurt you just like they did before and before.... Don't that to your self. \r\n\r\nI was a nice(naive) gay just Iike you are now. You will get burned, if you didn't yet.\r\n\r\nI know you know that you are a nice girl, BUT the majority is NOT. Nobody will respect you because you are nice, BUT will EXPLOIT you because of that. Change you stance before the bad experiences leave a unreversabl mark on your personality.\r\n\r\n4. If someone is disrespecting you in a relationship, leave them I imidiatlly or at least emotionally.\r\n\r\n5. Misogyny (no disrespect) doesn't exist.\r\n\r\n6. My girl, assholes are part of evolution. If being an asshole was a bad trait they would dead out by now. Like neanderthals did.\r\n\r\n*7. You seem like a smart girl, if you like books and have free time read the book I linked. It's written for everybody to understand. \r\n\r\nTake care.","subreddit_name":"AskMen","author":"Antonio_N91"},{"body":"There’s a book called “The Red Queen” that you would likely enjoy. Merry Christmas. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579","subreddit_name":"seduction","author":"SnooGiraffes5176"},{"body":"oh wow, that makes much more sense now\r\n\r\nin a completely unrelated related way [The Red Queen](https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579) is one of my favourite non fiction books","subreddit_name":"AmongUs","author":"justadashcam"}]}