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The type of men whom achieve the most reproductive success depends on the social system. For example, a sexy son in a strict patriarchy will look extraordinarily different than a sexy son in a strict matriarchy. | The type of men whom achieve the most reproductive success depends on the social system. For example, a sexy son in a strict patriarchy will look extraordinarily different than a sexy son in a strict matriarchy. | ||
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All humans have hardwired neuronal circuits for recognizing beauty. Indian women do not view the Indian man above as more beautiful than the African man but simply a more practical mate choice for their environment. In a strict patriarchy women select men that look as hyper-masculine as possible, because masculinity is valued. In a strict matriarchy women select men whom are as beautiful as possible because hyper femininity is valued. In a social system between these two extremes women select for men that look both hyper-masculine and extremely beautiful.{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6naJ0LtqbN0|frame|}} | |||
Of course men also more readily copulate with beautiful women, but men have less [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]] and hence do not need to care as much about such considerations. Further, women's ability to provide does not matter nearly as much as men's and women also largely lack this ability (at least they did before the invention of modern welfare states). Hence, women's behavior of disregarding the ability to provide merely at the benefit of better looking offspring has much more drastic implications, such as the species going extinct because the men are ironically, not healthy enough to produce the over-exaggerated beautiful traits the women are attracted too. | Of course men also more readily copulate with beautiful women, but men have less [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]] and hence do not need to care as much about such considerations. Further, women's ability to provide does not matter nearly as much as men's and women also largely lack this ability (at least they did before the invention of modern welfare states). Hence, women's behavior of disregarding the ability to provide merely at the benefit of better looking offspring has much more drastic implications, such as the species going extinct because the men are ironically, not healthy enough to produce the over-exaggerated beautiful traits the women are attracted too. | ||