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In the [[manosphere]], women's hypergamous tendency is believed to be driven by evolved instincts, and unleashed by sexual liberalism or anti-egalitarian cultural values. It is believed to consist of an instinctive evaluation of whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will offset the losses of leaving an old one, and constant evaluation of their current partner, 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). | In the [[manosphere]], women's hypergamous tendency is believed to be driven by evolved instincts, and unleashed by sexual liberalism or anti-egalitarian cultural values. It is believed to consist of an instinctive evaluation of whether the gains from a new [[relationship]] will offset the losses of leaving an old one, and constant evaluation of their current partner, 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 evolutionarily-based 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 evolutionarily-based 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 is corroborated by [[Bateman's principle]], which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females. Researchers also suggested that hypergamy naturally arises, and is more likely to occur the more resources a man has compared to the woman.<ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref>. | In terms of evolutionary biology, such instinctive behavior is corroborated by [[Bateman's principle]], which also explains greater sexual choosiness in non-human females. Researchers also suggested that hypergamy naturally arises, and that marriage is naturally more likely to occur the more resources a man has compared to the woman.<ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref>. | ||
And that this is due to the fact that men desire sex more than women, giving women a power advantage, part of what is broadly as the, "principle of least interest". Sex then becomes a "female resource for social exchange", in which a, "broad range of valued goods" are competed for by men in order to bribe women for sex<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | And that this is due to the fact that men desire sex more than women, giving women a power advantage, part of what is broadly as the, "principle of least interest". Sex then becomes a "female resource for social exchange", in which a, "broad range of valued goods" are competed for by men in order to bribe women for sex<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | ||