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=== [[Strategic pluralism|The dual mating strategy]] === | === [[Strategic pluralism|The dual mating strategy]] === | ||
Dual-mating refers to a hypothesis that women have an innate mating strategy that involves two mates: A primary partner as [[long-term relationship|long-term]] support (a beta [[cuckold]]), and secondary sex partner of higher mate quality in order to get "good genes" for the offspring (an [[Chad|alpha male]]).<ref>http://pillse.bol.ucla.edu/Publications/Pillsworth&Haselton_ARSR.pdf</ref> | Dual-mating refers to a hypothesis that women have an innate mating strategy that involves two mates: A primary partner as [[long-term relationship|long-term]] support (a beta [[cuckold]]), and secondary sex partner of higher mate quality in order to get "good genes" for the offspring (an [[Chad|alpha male]]) by [[cuck|cuckolding]] or cheating on their primary partner.<ref>http://pillse.bol.ucla.edu/Publications/Pillsworth&Haselton_ARSR.pdf</ref> | ||
In recent time, this hypothesis was used to explain the rise of female infidelity, as well as seemingly higher rates of [[cuck|cuckoldry]] and seemingly increasing rates of beta men providing for single mothers in their 30s or 40s [[pumped and dumped|after]] they had obtained a child from a more desirable male, which is dubbed [[alpha fucks, beta bucks]] (AF/BB). | In recent time, this hypothesis was used to explain the rise of female infidelity, as well as seemingly higher rates of [[cuck|cuckoldry]] and seemingly increasing rates of beta men providing for single mothers in their 30s or 40s [[pumped and dumped|after]] they had obtained a child from a more desirable male, which is dubbed [[alpha fucks, beta bucks]] (AF/BB). | ||
More recently, however, the dual-mating strategy fell in disfavor in the scientific community for a number of reasons. One reason is that non-paternity rates are globally very low even though contraceptives and relaxed marital norms should make AF/BB occur much more often if it was natural.<ref>https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/files/2013/02/The-Mate-Switching-Hypothesis-FINAL-PUBLISHED-2017.pdf (see Section 6)</ref> | More recently, however, the dual-mating strategy fell in disfavor in the scientific community for a number of reasons. One reason is that non-paternity rates are globally very low even though contraceptives and relaxed marital norms should make AF/BB occur much more often if it was natural.<ref>https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/files/2013/02/The-Mate-Switching-Hypothesis-FINAL-PUBLISHED-2017.pdf (see Section 6)</ref> | ||
E.g. only 3% of all children in the U.S. live with a step father.<ref>https://ifstudies.org/blog/more-than-60-of-u-s-kids-live-with-two-biological-parents/</ref> Non-paternity rates are sometimes high in hunter-gatherers though and the men in such societies also often do not invest much in their offspring beyond childhood.<ref>https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0caa/60bcadd5768c6619ec01dbe1f6d77a93ffbc.pdf</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_at_Dawn</ref> | E.g. only 3% of all children in the U.S. live with a step father.<ref>https://ifstudies.org/blog/more-than-60-of-u-s-kids-live-with-two-biological-parents/</ref> | ||
Non-paternity rates are sometimes high in hunter-gatherers though and the men in such societies also often do not invest much in their offspring beyond childhood.<ref>https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0caa/60bcadd5768c6619ec01dbe1f6d77a93ffbc.pdf</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_at_Dawn</ref> | |||
=== Conclusion === | === Conclusion === |