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Women's hypergamous instinct consists in constantly evaluating whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will offset the losses of leaving an old one, and constantly analyzing the value of their partners relative to the available pool of men and in context of social expectations (e.g. the interest of their parents for their daughters to attract a valuable partner). | Women's hypergamous instinct consists in constantly evaluating whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will offset the losses of leaving an old one, and constantly analyzing the value of their partners relative to the available pool of men and in context of social expectations (e.g. the interest of their parents for their daughters to attract a valuable partner). | ||
This instinct fundamentally appears to be an anxiety about resources and fear about being stuck with a man who isn't the best one available.<ref>https://therationalmale.com/2019/03/11/womens-existential-fear/</ref> | This instinct fundamentally appears to be an anxiety about resources and fear about being stuck with a man who isn't the best one available.<ref>https://therationalmale.com/2019/03/11/womens-existential-fear/</ref> | ||
In terms of evolutionary biology, this behavior can be explained by [[Bateman's principle]] which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females | In terms of evolutionary biology, this behavior can be explained by [[Bateman's principle]] which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females. | ||
Since women are physically weaker and have less power over resources, hypergamy is also the more stable mate choice for women, because choosing the best man among the ones that promise continued investment a woman can attract, ensures that her partner cannot be outcompeted by an even better one and contest her decision. | Since women are physically weaker and have less power over resources, hypergamy is also the more stable mate choice for women, because choosing the best man among the ones that promise continued investment a woman can attract, ensures that her partner cannot be outcompeted by an even better one and contest her decision. | ||