Sitemap - 2025 - Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Is a Man's Body More Like a Peacock's Tail or More Like Deer Antlers?

Status Cues, Escalating Signals, Luck

Experts and Elites Play Fundamentally Different Games

Unstated Rules Preserve Hierarchy

Modern Wisdom, Sex and Violence, Parental Narcissism

What Women See When They Look at a Man’s Body

What I’ve Learned After Three Years on Substack

Red Queen, Red Pills, Red Flags

Open Book, Vibes, Cannabis

Is It Ever Okay to Ask a Woman for Her Phone Number?

A Few Thoughts on Social Class and Upward Mobility

The Psychology Of What Women Want

Most Sex Happens in Relationships

The Carousel, Sex Partners, Gender Norms

The Age of The Social Paradox

The Social Paradox

Human Error, Infamous Heroin, High IQ

Piña Killadas: Thoughts on The White Lotus Finale

Troubled: A Conversation with Rob Henderson & Dr. Drew Pinsky

What Kind of Essay Gets You Into the Ivy League?

Dark Triad, Romantic Partner Selection, Dating Advice

Believe It Or Not, There Are Interesting And Non-Evil Reasons Why Your Political Enemies Disagree About Victimhood And Immediately Leaping To The Least Charitable Interpretation Is Stupid

From Incels To Sex Robots

Introverts, Dopamine, Great Scientists

Chekhov's Blender: Sex, Lies, and Protein Shakes

You Can’t Treat Me This Way

How Sneaky Men Exploit the Dating Economy (And Why Women Let Them)

Why Imposter Syndrome Is Most Common in Intellectual and Creative Fields

Princeton, Individualism, Social Hierarchies

Sometimes Money Can Destroy You Faster Than Poverty

Action Beats Inaction

The Hot Girl Economy, Drunk Driving, Ivy Leaguers

Family Annihilator Syndrome

To Raise Birthrates, Pay People To Get Married

Charisma and Benevolent Sexism

Office Hours, Birthrates, Authoritarianism

“We confess our small faults only to convince people that we have no greater ones.”

What the Trump-Vance-Zelenskyy Altercation Reveals About Dominance Disputes

Main Character Syndrome Keeps Getting Worse

Social Media Is Turning You Into an Informant

Hiring Radicals, Affirmative Action, Suicide Rates

Why I’m Making These Livestreams a Regular Thing

No Shame in Starting Over

Chaotic Permanence, Sex Differences, Elon Musk

The Reputation Reflex

Understanding Emotional Games

Avoiding the Hedgehog Trap

Chaos vs. Poverty, Intelligence and Personality, Live Event with Dr. Drew

Killing A Bad Strategy Before It Kills you

People Play Games Without Knowing It

Vulnerable Narcissism, Conformity, High Heels

Sometimes Readers Prefer Paperbacks

It's Time To Stop Blaming Misinformation for Cynicism and Mistrust

Mulholland Drive: Down the David Lynch Rabbit Hole

Violent Crime, Last Boys, Misinformation

Sexual Morality and Societal Progress

What I Learned After I Met Pete Hegseth

Schedule a meeting with Rob Henderson

I Was Mistaken When I Said That Giving Unsolicited Advice Is a Mistake

Tradwife Dilemma, Genetic History, The Great Gatsby

Games People Play

Pointless Pace Killers

Rich People Food, Daydreaming, Broken Windows

The Outrage About Chipotle and Panda Express

Apparently, A Lot Of Aspirational Elites Think Working At Chipotle or Panda Express Is Beneath Them Even Though It Absolutely Is Not

The Smoke Detector Principle: The Evolutionary Advantage of Overreaction

The True Self is the Person You Want Others to Believe You Are

The Point is to Steadily Advance Toward Power While Appearing Not to Move at All

The Hub Dialogues, Happiness, Bonobos

The Ideology of the Dangerous Female

Kill the Chicken to Scare the Monkey

Fear, Underdogs, Hard Work and Sacrifice