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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. It is a central aspect of the [[blackpill]]. | 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. It is a central aspect of the [[blackpill]]. | ||
In the [[manosphere]], the term hypergamy 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 hypergamy 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.{{https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Male-Rollo-Tomassi/dp/1492777862}} Women appear to incite one another's hypergamy. | ||
Women's hypergamy is mainly 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. | Women's hypergamy is mainly 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. | ||