Researchers say crowdfunding seems to benefit female entrepreneurs the most, completing campaigns 20% faster than males. Unlike traditional lending, they face fewer disadvantages and benefit from investor herding behaviour. Couples show no difference from males in campaign completion time.

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Recent study reports that most feminist heterosexual men do not feel a conflict between their feminist principles and sexual desires, endorsing that feminist values enhance their sexual relationships through open communication and mutual respect.

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LGBTQ+ people have a 15 percent higher risk of late-life depression, dementia, and stroke than cisgender and straight individuals. Much of this can be attributed to the increased stress that LGBTQ+ people experience.

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The tendency to view men as default "people" is well documented. Another study found parents across the US are more likely to use gender-neutral labels—for instance, "kid"—more often for boys than for girls and to use gender-specific labels, such as "girl," more often for girls.

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🍖 Hunter-gatherer societies, like the Hadza of Tanzania, limit inequalities through deliberate effort and self-interest, not necessarily noble motives. Recent research analyzing over a century of data reveals that no society entirely lacked inequality, with examples like the Ju/’Hoansi controlling hunting territories and the Bayaka hoarding ritual knowledge.

⚖️ Gender and age often served as sources of inequality among hunter-gatherer groups. The Hadza gave preferential meat cuts to older men and respected better hunters more, while in many Australian societies, older men controlled ritual secrets and marriage choices for younger relatives.

🤝 Processes that limit inequality, such as food sharing and mockery of stingy individuals, often stem from self-interested motives. These actions, driven by desires for resources, status, and autonomy, are not necessarily acts of pure generosity.

🌍 Egalitarianism is best understood as a set of tools used to secure autonomy and resource access, rather than a state of perfect equality. These equality-creating processes are observable in hunter-gatherer societies and beyond, demonstrating their widespread reality.

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