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Growing economic inequality and decreasing economic growth likely have the same effect as fewer men can attain reliable high status, which is what women go for.<ref>https://journals.openedition.org/chs/737</ref><ref>http://ftp.iza.org/dp4456.pdf</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_sexualize_themselves_online_to_attract_high_status_mates</ref> | Growing economic inequality and decreasing economic growth likely have the same effect as fewer men can attain reliable high status, which is what women go for.<ref>https://journals.openedition.org/chs/737</ref><ref>http://ftp.iza.org/dp4456.pdf</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_sexualize_themselves_online_to_attract_high_status_mates</ref> | ||
However, intensified hypergamy likely cannot only be seen in rise of singlehood, but also in less stable relationships: | However, intensified hypergamy likely cannot only be seen in rise of singlehood, but also in less stable relationships: | ||
With a decline of marriage norms, greater acceptance of polygamy and [[divorce]] laws greatly benefit women, women more readily [[Marriage#Move Toward Polyamory with Rise in Divorce|jump ship]] when a better man is available, which can be seen in women initiating divorces more often than men and a closing gender gap in infidelity | With a decline of marriage norms, greater acceptance of polygamy and [[divorce]] laws greatly benefit women, women more readily [[Marriage#Move Toward Polyamory with Rise in Divorce|jump ship]] when a better man is available, which can be seen in women initiating divorces more often than men and a closing gender gap in infidelity<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Blackpill#cite_note-46</ref>, despite the fact that men oppose their partner's infidelity much more strongly.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2196146/Why-affairs-unforgivable-Six-women-forgive-partner-strayed-twice.html</ref><ref>http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691617698225</ref> | ||
[[Marriage]] and monogamy were possibly, in part, culturally evolved [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian]] adaptations for counteracting hypergamy and [[gynocentrism]] (e.g. the women-are-wonderful bias). In fact, the best antidote to hypergamy is [[monogamy]] because it forces women to settle down with a partner of similar [[SMV]]. | [[Marriage]] and monogamy were possibly, in part, culturally evolved [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian]] adaptations for counteracting hypergamy and [[gynocentrism]] (e.g. the women-are-wonderful bias). In fact, the best antidote to hypergamy is [[monogamy]] because it forces women to settle down with a partner of similar [[SMV]]. | ||