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The following examples shall outline some more and less promising strategies for reproductive success: | The following examples shall outline some more and less promising strategies for reproductive success: | ||
*Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif, a Morocco monarch had a harem of 500 women, and registered 525 boy births and 342 girls. After his death a total of 1171 children were counted.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_the_most_children</ref> All of a king's wealth, status, and his title are passed down to his first born son, every generation. So ''[[Platitude|Just being]] a king'' is clearly the optimal strategy for reproductive success in [[men]], since women prefer men of [[hypergamy|high status]] and financial status | * Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif, a Morocco monarch had a harem of 500 women, and registered 525 boy births and 342 girls. After his death a total of 1171 children were counted.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_the_most_children</ref> All of a king's wealth, status, and his title are passed down to his first born son, every generation. So ''[[Platitude|Just being]] a king'' is clearly the optimal strategy for reproductive success in [[men]], since women prefer men of [[hypergamy|high status]] and financial status. | ||
* ''Feodor Vassilyev'' was a peasant farmer from Shuya, Russia. His first [[wife]] is claimed to have lived to be 76 and, between 1725 and 1765, had 69 children (16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets); 67 of them survived infancy with the loss of one set of twins—the record for most children born to a single woman. ''Just marrying a farmer'' is hence the optimal strategy for reproductive success in females, because a farmer is low in social status but has plenty of objective resources. Food, land, water, and shelter. Because he is low in status, he has little choice but to be a faithful partner (high investment strategy). The farmer is the proto-[[betabux]]. | |||
*''Feodor Vassilyev'' was a peasant farmer from Shuya, Russia. His first [[wife]] is claimed to have lived to be 76 and, between 1725 and 1765, had 69 children (16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets); 67 of them survived infancy with the loss of one set of twins—the record for most children born to a single woman. Just marrying a farmer is hence the optimal strategy for reproductive success in females, because a farmer is low in | |||
* Notably, women of high status have ''less reproductive'' success, and always had.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_lose_mating_opportunities_with_higher_status.2C_men_gain_mating_opportunities</ref> | * Notably, women of high status have ''less reproductive'' success, and always had.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_lose_mating_opportunities_with_higher_status.2C_men_gain_mating_opportunities</ref> | ||
* Religion can also provide a viable strategy for certain men to maximize their reproductive success. For instance men who achieve positions of prominence in certain polygamist religions (such as the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints, aka the Mormons) often have plentiful reproductive options at their disposal. For instance, the Mormon leader and the founder of Salt Lake City, Brigham Young, had 18 wives and 56 children<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young</ref>. A more recent Mormon fundamentalist leader, Paul Elden Kingston, may have up to 300 children with 27 wives (including three half sisters of his).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Elden_Kingston</ref> | |||
*Religion can also provide a viable strategy for certain men to maximize their reproductive success. For instance men who achieve positions of prominence in certain polygamist religions (such as the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints, aka the Mormons) often have plentiful reproductive options at their disposal. For instance, the Mormon leader and the founder of Salt Lake City, Brigham Young, had 18 wives and 56 children<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young</ref>. A more recent Mormon fundamentalist leader, Paul Elden Kingston, may have up to 300 children with 27 wives (including three half sisters of his).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Elden_Kingston</ref> | * Dr. Bertold Paul Wiesner (1901–1972) was an Austrian physiologist noted for being biological father to about 600 offspring by anonymously donating sperm ''used by his wife'' to perform ''artificial insemination'' on women at her private fertility practice in London, England. | ||
* There are sperm donors who are ''virgins''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8b8pAZeWmo</ref> | |||
==Recent developments in the West== | ==Recent developments in the West== | ||
With modernity, reproductive rates have dropped ''a lot''. In the 1950s, people had on average 4-6 kids, but now it is around 1-2,<ref>https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&idim=country:USA:CHN:JPN&hl=en&dl=en</ref> likely for a variety of reasons like pessimism, overpopulation and women's higher workforce participation. Employing women increases economic growth and decreases violence, however it also creates loneliness, inceldom and confusion. | |||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[Libido]] | * [[Libido]] | ||