Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt

I like how you described it. I think that really is what it is. They're practicing, they're honing a skill for the future. Kai Bjornquist proposed this heterotopic continuity model.

Yeah, of aggression. Fuck yeah. He talked about how, I mean, everybody eventually moves towards indirect aggression because it's the thing that society tolerates. But they don't, you know, we don't tolerate little girls punching little boys. We tolerate boys punching boys up until a certain point. But he also talked about how this happens.

Yeah, of aggression. Fuck yeah. He talked about how, I mean, everybody eventually moves towards indirect aggression because it's the thing that society tolerates. But they don't, you know, we don't tolerate little girls punching little boys. We tolerate boys punching boys up until a certain point. But he also talked about how this happens.

Yeah, of aggression. Fuck yeah. He talked about how, I mean, everybody eventually moves towards indirect aggression because it's the thing that society tolerates. But they don't, you know, we don't tolerate little girls punching little boys. We tolerate boys punching boys up until a certain point. But he also talked about how this happens.

And one of the things is that girls just have superior verbal and social skills early in life. And it continues across the lifespan. I know a lot of people are... turned off by sex difference research. But you can't call yourself a critical thinker if you don't think sex differences exist, because they certainly exist.

And one of the things is that girls just have superior verbal and social skills early in life. And it continues across the lifespan. I know a lot of people are... turned off by sex difference research. But you can't call yourself a critical thinker if you don't think sex differences exist, because they certainly exist.

And one of the things is that girls just have superior verbal and social skills early in life. And it continues across the lifespan. I know a lot of people are... turned off by sex difference research. But you can't call yourself a critical thinker if you don't think sex differences exist, because they certainly exist.

It's such a robust finding. It's been shown in so many labs around the world. So little girls started early.

It's such a robust finding. It's been shown in so many labs around the world. So little girls started early.

It's such a robust finding. It's been shown in so many labs around the world. So little girls started early.

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A hundred percent. It's hard for some people to swallow it. As you know, I have a book coming out and that's basically the topic. It's about how our brain today represents hundreds of thousands of years of selection pressure. We may want to say that it's all socialization, but there's just no way. there's no way that we are where we are today without evolutionary forces at play.

A hundred percent. It's hard for some people to swallow it. As you know, I have a book coming out and that's basically the topic. It's about how our brain today represents hundreds of thousands of years of selection pressure. We may want to say that it's all socialization, but there's just no way. there's no way that we are where we are today without evolutionary forces at play.

A hundred percent. It's hard for some people to swallow it. As you know, I have a book coming out and that's basically the topic. It's about how our brain today represents hundreds of thousands of years of selection pressure. We may want to say that it's all socialization, but there's just no way. there's no way that we are where we are today without evolutionary forces at play.

We did this study that really speaks to this. So like we're talking a little bit about indirect aggression and we did a study where I was really interested in what the early origins of that were. And so we looked at two-year-olds And like, so not very advanced in their language, not very sophisticated. And we looked at this thing called love withdrawal.

We did this study that really speaks to this. So like we're talking a little bit about indirect aggression and we did a study where I was really interested in what the early origins of that were. And so we looked at two-year-olds And like, so not very advanced in their language, not very sophisticated. And we looked at this thing called love withdrawal.

We did this study that really speaks to this. So like we're talking a little bit about indirect aggression and we did a study where I was really interested in what the early origins of that were. And so we looked at two-year-olds And like, so not very advanced in their language, not very sophisticated. And we looked at this thing called love withdrawal.

So it's basically relational or indirect aggression, but a baby version where you are mad and you won't kiss your mom or you refuse to hug them, you turn your back, you know, give them a baby silent treatment. And we found that Close to 80% of toddlers did this, as reported by parents and by their preschool teachers, their daycare teachers. So we're pretty sophisticated social animals.