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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.--> | ||
There are indications that hypergamy has intensified in recent time. | There are indications that hypergamy has intensified in recent time. | ||