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'''Hypergamy''' is the natural inclination for women to "[[branchswinging|trade up]]" in terms of [[LMS|looks, money, and/or status]]. In the scientific literature, the term refers to economic status only, but in the [[manosphere]], the term is used more broadly regarding dating up in ''all'' status dimensions relevant for mating (social status, educational status, looks etc.). | '''Hypergamy''' is the natural inclination for women to "[[branchswinging|trade up]]" in terms of [[LMS|looks, money, and/or status]]. In the scientific literature, the term refers to economic status only, but in the [[manosphere]], the term is used more broadly regarding dating up in ''all'' status dimensions relevant for mating (social status, educational status, looks etc.). | ||
Women are constantly calculating whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will off-set the losses of leaving an old one, and constantly analyzing the value of their partners relative to the available pool of men. Women judge social expectations as a cost when leaving a partner. Modern society ceased to ostracize promiscuity, so women are more likely to [[Marriage#Move Toward Polyamory with Rise in Divorce|jump ship when ready]]. These innate tendency to date up can be explained in terms of evolutionary biology by [[Bateman's principle]] which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females. | Women are constantly calculating whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will off-set the losses of leaving an old one, and constantly analyzing the value of their partners relative to the available pool of men. Women judge social expectations as a cost when leaving a partner. Modern society ceased to ostracize promiscuity, so women are more likely to [[Marriage#Move Toward Polyamory with Rise in Divorce|jump ship when ready]]. These innate tendency to date up can be explained in terms of evolutionary biology by [[Bateman's principle]] which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females. Women can naturally afford this behavior even though they are weaker because the chosen man is—by choice—better than the competitors, hence has already proven his ability to defend against them. | ||
The combination of [[liberalism|liberated sexuality]] and [[gynocentrism]], creates a situation where women surpass men in many ways, rendering more men unattractive to women (due to their hypergamous preference to date up), and also liberating women from having to settle for a partner of equal [[SMV]]. Sexually frustrated men aim down more, giving women even more choice together with online dating and social media, so they become strengthened in their natural role as [[Sexual selector|sexual selectors]]. The result is more [[inceldom]]. [[Marriage]], monogamy, and other forms of arranged partnerships were possibly, in part, culturally evolved [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian]] adaptations for counteracting hypergamy. In fact, the best antidote to hypergamy is [[monogamy]] because it forces women to settle down with a partner of similar [[SMV]]. | The combination of [[liberalism|liberated sexuality]] and [[gynocentrism]], creates a situation where women surpass men in many ways, rendering more men unattractive to women (due to their hypergamous preference to date up), and also liberating women from having to settle for a partner of equal [[SMV]]. Sexually frustrated men aim down more, giving women even more choice together with online dating and social media, so they become strengthened in their natural role as [[Sexual selector|sexual selectors]]. The result is more [[inceldom]]. [[Marriage]], monogamy, and other forms of arranged partnerships were possibly, in part, culturally evolved [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian]] adaptations for counteracting hypergamy. In fact, the best antidote to hypergamy is [[monogamy]] because it forces women to settle down with a partner of similar [[SMV]]. | ||