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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. | 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]], [[variability hypothesis|higher uniformity of sexual desire]], 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. | ||
See also the hypergamy section in the [[Scientific_Blackpill#tocHypergamy|Scientific Blackpill]]. | See also the hypergamy section in the [[Scientific_Blackpill#tocHypergamy|Scientific Blackpill]]. | ||