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→Overview: Nothing in that citation about a "bodyguard hypothesis", and if there was it would have been about preference or history, not about what is objectively better for the woman
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It is believed to consist of a restless instinctive evaluation whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will offset the losses of leaving an old one, and constant evaluation of their current partners relative to the available pool of men, both in context of social expectations (e.g. the interest of the parents for their daughters to attract a valuable partner). | It is believed to consist of a restless instinctive evaluation whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will offset the losses of leaving an old one, and constant evaluation of their current partners relative to the available pool of men, both in context of social expectations (e.g. the interest of the parents for their daughters to attract a valuable partner). | ||
This restlessness seems to be driven by an existential fear about access to resources and by an anxiety about being stuck with a man who isn't the best one available.<ref>https://therationalmale.com/2019/03/11/womens-existential-fear/</ref> | This restlessness seems to be driven by an existential fear about access to resources and by an anxiety about being stuck with a man who isn't the best one available.<ref>https://therationalmale.com/2019/03/11/womens-existential-fear/</ref> | ||
In terms of evolutionary biology, such instinctive behavior can be explained by [[Bateman's principle]] which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females. | In terms of evolutionary biology, such instinctive behavior can be explained by [[Bateman's principle]] which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females. Researchers also suggested that hypergamy may arise from the premise that men naturally provide resources to women in return for exclusive access to sex which men desire as they want certainty that the offspring is theirs (a problem that women do not face).<ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | ||
Researchers also suggested that hypergamy may arise from the premise that men naturally provide resources to women in return for exclusive access to sex which men desire as they want certainty that the offspring is theirs (a problem that women do not face).<ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | |||
There are mixed results about the importance of a power differential regarding income and education for women's marital satisfaction. | There are mixed results about the importance of a power differential regarding income and education for women's marital satisfaction. | ||