{"podcast":{"title":"Psychobabble","slug":"psychobabble-6187665","podcast_index_feed_id":6187665,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/615795/destinations/5371245.xml","website_url":"https://hannahspier.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/e/b/a/1eba39c79f39be16d959afa2a1bf1c87/with_spier.png","author":"Hannah Spier, MD","episode_count":84,"summary":"Psychiatrist analyzing how cultural trends and modern therapy incentivize dysfunction. hannahspier.substack.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T00:18:47.646950+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychobabble-6187665"},"episode":{"title":"#72. Is Feminism an Intrasexual Competitive Strategy? | Dr Dani Sulikowski","slug":"72-is-feminism-an-intrasexual-competitive-strategy-dr-dani-sulikowski","published_at":"2026-06-04T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychobabble-6187665/72-is-feminism-an-intrasexual-competitive-strategy-dr-dani-sulikowski","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychobabble-6187665","url":"https://substack.com/@psychobabblewithspier","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/5e8f8b9d-d7a7-4829-a330-86d6ed28077e/Is_feminism_an_intrasexual_strategy.mp3?dest-id=5371245","summary":"Is feminism really a movement for equality or could it be something else entirely? Evolutionary psychologist Dr Dani Sulikowski joins me to discuss if feminism may be best understood as a form of intrasexual competition between women. Let me know what you think in the comments. Follow Dr. Dani Sulikowski: https://x.com/DrDaniS https://substack.com/@drdanis CHAPTERS: 01:05 Feminism as a form of female competition 02:02 How feminism suppresses female reproductive success 03:07 The attack on attractiveness and femininity 04:22 Body positivity and competitive strategies 04:39 \"Feminism was always intersexual competition\" 05:05 Was feminism ever about motherhood? 06:09 Ancient Rome and declining birth rates 07:43 My challenge: is this really about resentment? 09:40 Why feminism targets desirable men 12:33 \"It's not suicidal empathy, it's homicidal virtue signalling\" 21:56 Feminist mothers and transing children 29:35 Activism, status, and moral superiority 32:32 Competitive strategies vs evolutionary adaptations 33:35 The attack on masculinity and femininity 39:15 Does this theory remove female agency? 58:30 Final reflections 01:00:32 \"That wasn't the answer I was hoping for\"","meta_description":"Is feminism really a movement for equality or could it be something else entirely? Evolutionary psychologist Dr Dani Sulikowski joins me to discuss if fem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3877,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psychobabble-6187665/episodes/72-is-feminism-an-intrasexual-competitive-strategy-dr-dani-sulikowski/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychobabble-6187665/72-is-feminism-an-intrasexual-competitive-strategy-dr-dani-sulikowski.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}