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===Political dimension=== | ===Political dimension=== | ||
Topics related to sexual selection are subject to political controversy, especially since female scientists are involved (or their [[white knight|white knights]]) and they do not want to portrait female choice or behavior as maladaptive. | Topics related to sexual selection are subject to political controversy, especially since female scientists are involved (or their [[white knight|white knights]]) and they do not want to portrait female choice or behavior as maladaptive. | ||
Especially Fisher's "sexy sons" has a (arguably justified) slut-shaming undertone, which would seem [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] and prone to self-censorship. Throw in the [[women-are-wonderful effect]] and you get "good genes" also implies that women select the "best" men, so their sexual freedom is justified and good. | |||
Further, considering women's secondary sexual characteristics as means to conspicuously advertise themselves implies that they signal nubility, which however occurs long before reaching legal age. | Further, considering women's secondary sexual characteristics as means to conspicuously advertise themselves implies that they signal nubility, which however occurs long before reaching legal age. | ||
Teenager pregnancies incur a significant cost in modern culture, hence any theories to this extent are prone to be shunned politically.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Gaulin/publication/332968715_Evidence_supporting_nubility_and_reproducitve_value_as_the_key_to_human_female_physical_attractiveness/links/5cd870fb458515712ea67628/Evidence-supporting-nubility-and-reproducitve-value-as-the-key-to-human-female-physical-attractiveness.pdf</ref> Arguably, female herd mentality and hysteria has contributed to creating a moral panic about these matters.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#90.25_of_victims_of_workplace_mass_hysteria_are_women</ref> | Teenager pregnancies incur a significant cost in modern culture, hence any theories to this extent are prone to be shunned politically.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Gaulin/publication/332968715_Evidence_supporting_nubility_and_reproducitve_value_as_the_key_to_human_female_physical_attractiveness/links/5cd870fb458515712ea67628/Evidence-supporting-nubility-and-reproducitve-value-as-the-key-to-human-female-physical-attractiveness.pdf</ref> Arguably, female herd mentality and hysteria has contributed to creating a moral panic about these matters.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#90.25_of_victims_of_workplace_mass_hysteria_are_women</ref> | ||