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As women surpass men in socioeconomic success, hypergamy implies that more men are becoming unattractive to women. | As women surpass men in socioeconomic success, hypergamy implies that more men are becoming unattractive to women. | ||
Men have a [[Libido|higher sex drive]],<ref>https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Is-There-a-Gender-Difference-in-Strength-of-Sex-and-Baumeister-Catanese/5f8446340d4ed375007351539e7993fa44e2e31b</ref> | Hypergamy, as a tendency of women to date up also naturally follows from sex differences in sex drive: Men have a [[Libido|higher sex drive]],<ref>https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Is-There-a-Gender-Difference-in-Strength-of-Sex-and-Baumeister-Catanese/5f8446340d4ed375007351539e7993fa44e2e31b</ref> | ||
possibly because they have less [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]]. | possibly because they have less [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]]. | ||
This results in women having much more options to choose from and in chronic sexual frustration for most men.<ref>Baumeister, R.F. and Tice, D.M., 2001. The social dimension of sex. Allyn & Bacon.</ref> | This results in women having much more options to choose from and in chronic sexual frustration for most men.<ref>Baumeister, R.F. and Tice, D.M., 2001. The social dimension of sex. Allyn & Bacon.</ref> |