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In the scientific literature, the term '''hypergamy''' mostly refers to '''marrying up''' in socioeconomic status. Hypergamy is more commonly observed in women, but it can refer to either men or women. | In the scientific literature, the term '''hypergamy''' mostly refers to '''marrying up''' in socioeconomic status. Hypergamy is more commonly observed in women, but it can refer to either men or women. | ||
In the [[manosphere]], the term is used more broadly for marrying or dating up in any regard, for example in physical attractiveness, and it can refer to dating up relative to a woman's previous partner or relative to other males available, not just herself or the social standing of her family. | In the [[manosphere]], the term is used more broadly for marrying or dating up in any regard, for example in physical attractiveness, and it can refer to dating up relative to a woman's previous partner or relative to other males available, not just herself or the social standing of her family. Women appear to incite one another's hypergamy. | ||
Women's tendency to date up is among other things a result of their higher [[Sexual selector|choosiness]] and men's [[Libido|higher sex drive]] and promiscuity. Men have fewer alternative mating options available to them, so they more readily make compromises and date down.<ref>https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71503.pdf</ref> Women's preference for high status men ties into the natural [[Dominance hierarchies|hierarchical social organization]] found in humans. | Women's tendency to date up is among other things a result of their higher [[Sexual selector|choosiness]] and men's [[Libido|higher sex drive]] and promiscuity. Men have fewer alternative mating options available to them, so they more readily make compromises and date down.<ref>https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71503.pdf</ref> Women's preference for high status men ties into the natural [[Dominance hierarchies|hierarchical social organization]] found in humans. | ||