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<span id="zyzz"></span>[[File:Buff.jpg|thumb|right|One popular sex icon for men: Zyzz, died young of sudden cardiac arrest from too much steroid use to make himself look hyper-masculine. He was not a [[reproductive success]].]] | <span id="zyzz"></span>[[File:Buff.jpg|thumb|right|One popular sex icon for men: Zyzz, died young of sudden cardiac arrest from too much steroid use to make himself look hyper-masculine. He was not a [[reproductive success]].]] | ||
'''Fisherian runaway''' is a mechanism by which sexual selection leads to exaggerated, [[Maladaptiveness|maladaptive]] and unhealthy, physical traits (ornamentation} in some individuals of a species. Which plays a role in the evolution of [[beauty]]. | '''Fisherian runaway''' is a mechanism by which sexual selection leads to exaggerated, [[Maladaptiveness|maladaptive]] and unhealthy, physical traits (ornamentation} in some individuals of a species. Which plays a role in the evolution of [[beauty]]. It has been hypothesized that species are more likely to become extinct due to runaway sexual selection..<ref>https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.12601</ref><ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691875/</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180411131646.htm</ref><ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04059-7</ref> However contrary to popular belief no species has ever gone extinct solely due to sexual selection. Only rapid environmental change such as the end of the Ice Age simply, not affording enough nutrients to provide for the species formerly advantageous but now [[maladaptive]] physical traits. The name derives from the originator of the concept, Ronald Fisher, the 20th century British statistician, geneticist, eugenicist and racialist. | ||
In the [[manosphere]] the term is often misunderstood to refer to individuals exaggerating their appearance as lifestyle choice, but it actually refers to ''evolving'' more exaggerated appearance over many generations. But the sexual preferences that result from that can motivate body modifications like breast enlargement, hormone supplements and bodybuilding. | |||
== Mechanism == | == Mechanism == | ||