Agency is the single most important factor shaping women’s dietary quality, not food availability or household income.
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People are often uncomfortable recognising how their backgrounds have helped them in their own lives.
Wellness culture is an intoxicating cocktail, blending evolved social preferences for health, fertility and social status with the signalling power of social media.
Free food may fill your stomach, but it doesn’t always satisfy the desire to feel fully human.
In countries where income inequality is high, those who feel privileged are often more supportive of redistribution.
Chimpanzees’ turn-taking shows skills that may have supported the evolution of human conversation.
Changing a culture is hard to do.
Human culture has changed too fast for evolution to keep up.
Aso ebi - colourful fabrics worn at social events in NIgeria - makes parties glamorous but the cost can also be burdensome.
A new wave of research shows how working-class young men are changing their behaviour. But some remain hostile to the term “toxic masculinity” and see it as a vehicle for shaming men.
Maybe you can’t have a designer kitchen. But you can still beautify your bulk food storage.
This illustrated health manual dating back to the 13th century provides a glimpse of daily life in aristocratic households during the Middle Ages.
Some narcissists want to feel included in by the group whereas others don’t really care.
Lying can be more than just telling a few fibs. It can also be used to communicate social status and make a person appear loyal to a particular group.
Dalits have long been ostracized as the ‘untouchables’ in Indian society. Discrimination and the impact of the coronavirus have only reinforced their status.
Conventional wisdom across much of the Western world says there’s a strong link between education and upward social mobility. Really?
Our voices also affect how people perceive our own social status.
Gossiping may well be toxic and harmful in certain situations but there are ways to engage in “good gossip” that can reap rewards in social groups.
Disparagement humor makes a punchline out of a marginalized group. Racist or sexist jokes, for instance, aren’t just harmless fun – psychologists find they can foster discrimination.
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