Modern Wisdom #1064 - Dr Dani Sulikowski - The Brutal Tactics of Female Sexual Competition
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Feb 26, 2026 
Dr Dani Sulikowski, an evolutionary psychologist and professor who studies female competition and mating systems. She explains how women signal and compete through appearance, social manipulation and cultural trends. The conversation covers subtle rivalry tactics, how media and social norms amplify competition, and why some anti-natal or anti-masculine signals can spread and reshape mating dynamics.
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Leaders Promote Anti-Natal Memes While Followers Lose Out
- Ideological leaders promote anti-natal norms while often not embodying them; followers adopt costly behaviors and lose reproductive success.
- Sulikowski frames it as winners (leaders) and losers (those who internalize and live the ideology) in a competitive game.
Younger Women Choosing Sterilisation Then Regretting It
- Sulikowski cites young women getting sterilised (tubal ligation) and later seeking reversals as an extreme example.
- She notes 15–30% of tubal ligation patients inquire about reversal, indicating regret among some who chose permanent contraception.
Gender Ideology Can Function As Reproductive Suppression
- Support for LGBT and gender ideology may function as reproductive suppression because it reduces conventional coupling and childbearing.
- Sulikowski argues women disproportionately push gender ideology in female-dominated institutions, with clear suppressive implications.