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Sometimes aggression on behalf of a group can enhance status, and thus provide more access to reproductive opportunities through herosim and bravery (in e.g. tribal wars in the ancestral context).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000239</ref> | Sometimes aggression on behalf of a group can enhance status, and thus provide more access to reproductive opportunities through herosim and bravery (in e.g. tribal wars in the ancestral context).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000239</ref> | ||
Some (mass) murders appear to be driven by an "altruistic" or "virtuous" motivation that their killings are a noble act of restoring order and justice, even though that may only elevate status (and hence increase access to reproductive opportunities) in the after life or in prison (so not really), hence there is always a transcendence to such motivations.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYua-3JmnT4</ref> In honor-shame cultures this is particularly common. | Some (mass) murders appear to be driven by an "altruistic" or "virtuous" motivation that their killings are a noble act of restoring order and justice, even though that may only elevate status (and hence increase access to reproductive opportunities) in the after life or in prison (so not really), hence there is always a transcendence to such motivations.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYua-3JmnT4</ref> In honor-shame cultures this is particularly common. | ||
Technically, this is applicable to both males and females, but males pursue this strategy more often, possibly because they have been selected to dominate and protect with physical aggression (sexual dimorphism), and to do ''anything'' of significance really as men are more expected to succeed since [[hypergamy|women choose successful and dominant men]]. | Technically, this is applicable to both males and females, but males pursue this strategy more often, possibly because they have been selected to dominate and protect with physical aggression ([[sexual dimorphism]]), and to do ''anything'' of significance really as men are more expected to succeed since [[hypergamy|women choose successful and dominant men]]. | ||
Since fitness is the representation of one's genes in future generations, producing one child or killing someone else's child has nearly the same effect on one's genetic fitness. This drives the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_effect Cinderella effect]. However, conflict can also lower reproductive fitness as one risks death or losing important social ties by a bad reputation, hence it happens rarely, especially in animals with sophisticated reputation systems such as in humans. Male aggression may also be fueled by [[hybristophilia]] and [[Scientific Blackpill#On_average.2C_women_are_attracted_to_the_Dark_Triad.E2.80.94narcissism.2C_manipulativeness.2C_.26_psychopathy|women's preference for psychopathy]], which may have co-evolved as a reproductive strategy. | Since fitness is the representation of one's genes in future generations, producing one child or killing someone else's child has nearly the same effect on one's genetic fitness. This drives the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_effect Cinderella effect]. However, conflict can also lower reproductive fitness as one risks death or losing important social ties by a bad reputation, hence it happens rarely, especially in animals with sophisticated reputation systems such as in humans. Male aggression may also be fueled by [[hybristophilia]] and [[Scientific Blackpill#On_average.2C_women_are_attracted_to_the_Dark_Triad.E2.80.94narcissism.2C_manipulativeness.2C_.26_psychopathy|women's preference for psychopathy]], which may have co-evolved as a reproductive strategy. | ||