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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 have the most complex behavior of all animals, so a wide variety of things affect status such as competence, looks/ornament, strength, humor, socioeconomic status etc. Everyone is part of many status hierarchies at the same time. | Humans have the most complex behavior of all animals, so a wide variety of things affect status such as competence, looks/ornament, strength, humor, socioeconomic status etc. Everyone is part of many status hierarchies at the same time.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/1594205078</ref> | ||
Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than the natural ones that one finds in hunter-gatherers.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594205078</ref> | Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than the natural ones that one finds in hunter-gatherers.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594205078</ref> | ||
For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within large organizational or economic systems. But | For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within large organizational or economic systems. | ||
But much of the ancient ways of organizing smaller hierarchies exist nearly unchanged, e.g. the way people automatically respect tall and strong men, and also good and dominant looking men<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1948550617732388</ref> and individuals who have achieved a high level of competence.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Dominance_hierarchy#Eye_contact</ref> | |||
Men's hierarchies revolve more around the ability to extract resources, but also looks. Since men benefit from cooperation in resource extraction, their intrasexual competition is more productive and cooperative than women's. | Men's hierarchies revolve more around the ability to extract resources, but also looks. Since men benefit from cooperation in resource extraction, their intrasexual competition is more productive and cooperative than women's. | ||