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In most animals, rank is only decided by strength and health, but in others also by [[beauty|ornament]]. | In most animals, rank is only decided by strength and health, but in others also by [[beauty|ornament]]. | ||
Humans are more complex than all other animals, so a wide variety of things affect status such as competence, looks/ornament, strength, humor, socioeconomic status etc. | Humans are more complex than all other animals, so a wide variety of things affect status such as competence, looks/ornament, strength, humor, socioeconomic status etc. Humans are part of many hierarchies at the same time. | ||
Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than natural ones. For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within huge organizational or economic systems. Of course many of the ancient ways of organizing smaller hierarchies are nearly unchanged, e.g. the way people respect tall and strong men but also good looking people etc. | Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than natural ones. For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within huge organizational or economic systems. Of course many of the ancient ways of organizing smaller hierarchies are nearly unchanged, e.g. the way people respect tall and strong men but also good looking people etc. | ||
Men's hierarchies revolve more around the ability to extract resources, but also looks. Sine men benefit from cooperation in resource extraction their intrasexual competition is more productive and cooperative than women's. | |||
Women's hierarchies revolve around looks and a reputation of loyalty and other trait that men desire in women. Women's intrasexual competition hence mainly consists in destroying one another's reputation as well as gossiping about looks. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Hypergamy]] | * [[Hypergamy]] | ||