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'''Reproductive success''' is the lifetime number of children produced. | '''Reproductive success''' (RS) is the lifetime number of children produced. | ||
Fitness is often defined as the expected representation of someone's genes in future generations. Reproductive success can be used as an imperfect measure of fitness, imperfect because it says nothing definite about future generations.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0024560</ref> | Fitness is often defined as the expected representation of someone's genes in future generations. Reproductive success can be used as an imperfect measure of fitness, imperfect because it says nothing definite about future generations.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0024560</ref> | ||
== Women have more RS == | |||
Throughout human history, women's reproductive success was [[Scientific Blackpill#Before_.27enforced_monogamy.27.2C_women.27s_effective_population_size_was_up_to_17x_larger_than_men.27s|around twice as high]] as men's as a result of [[Bateman's principle]], causing some men to have children with many women (polygyny or remarrying) while most men got nothing. Around 80% of women, but only 40% of men (i.e. half as many) have reproduced, or 60%-30% or 70%-35%, etc. depending on child mortality.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Before_.27enforced_monogamy.27.2C_women.27s_effective_population_size_was_up_to_17x_larger_than_men.27s</ref> | Throughout human history, women's reproductive success was [[Scientific Blackpill#Before_.27enforced_monogamy.27.2C_women.27s_effective_population_size_was_up_to_17x_larger_than_men.27s|around twice as high]] as men's as a result of [[Bateman's principle]], causing some men to have children with many women (polygyny or remarrying) while most men got nothing. Around 80% of women, but only 40% of men (i.e. half as many) have reproduced, or 60%-30% or 70%-35%, etc. depending on child mortality.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Before_.27enforced_monogamy.27.2C_women.27s_effective_population_size_was_up_to_17x_larger_than_men.27s</ref> | ||
== Most incels don't want RS == | |||
Around 60% of incels on [[incels.co]] are not interested in "reproductive success", but only want love and companionship. A quarter of those incels would consider adoptive children. Around 40% do want children of their own.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref> | Around 60% of incels on [[incels.co]] are not interested in "reproductive success", but only want love and companionship. A quarter of those incels would consider adoptive children. Around 40% do want children of their own.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref> | ||
== RS reduces happiness == | |||
More reproductive success does not make people happier, presumably due to the additional effort of raising the offspring.<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/351391.pdf</ref> This suggests that even though reproductive success is what matters from the point of view of the genes, people are primarily driven to reproduce by the psychological and social near-term benefits of sex and companionship. | More reproductive success does not make people happier, presumably due to the additional effort of raising the offspring.<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/351391.pdf</ref> This suggests that even though reproductive success is what matters from the point of view of the genes, people are primarily driven to reproduce by the psychological and social near-term benefits of sex and companionship. | ||