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|On a list of 149 countries’ Gini indices provided by the CIA World Factbook, this would place the female dating economy as 75th most unequal (average—think Western Europe) and the male dating economy as the 8th most unequal (kleptocracy, apartheid, perpetual civil war—think South Africa.<ref>https://quillette.com/2019/03/12/attraction-inequality-and-the-dating-economy/</ref>}} | |On a list of 149 countries’ Gini indices provided by the CIA World Factbook, this would place the female dating economy as 75th most unequal (average—think Western Europe) and the male dating economy as the 8th most unequal (kleptocracy, apartheid, perpetual civil war—think South Africa.<ref>https://quillette.com/2019/03/12/attraction-inequality-and-the-dating-economy/</ref>}} | ||
Sexologist [[Kristin Spitznogle]] regards the slightly higher inequality among men as evidence of [[Bateman's principle]] in modern western societies.<ref>https://resett.no/2018/06/29/menn-i-ufrivillig-solibati/</ref> In ancient societies, the sexual markets were likely stacked much more against men, with men only reproducing [[reproductive success|half as often as women]] and men outnumbering women 1:10 in the lowest social classes (see the quote by Orwell below). | Sexologist [[Kristin Spitznogle]] regards the slightly higher inequality among men as evidence of [[Bateman's principle]] in modern western societies.<ref>https://resett.no/2018/06/29/menn-i-ufrivillig-solibati/</ref> In ancient societies, the sexual markets were likely stacked much more against men, with men only reproducing [[reproductive success|half as often as women]] and men outnumbering women 1:10 in the lowest social classes (see the quote by Orwell below). More inequality in [[reproductive success]] among men has been found in 94% of human societies that were considered in a 2009 study.<ref>Brown, G.R., Laland, K.N. and Mulder, M.B. 2009. ''Bateman's principles and human sex roles.'' [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534709001128 FullText]]</ref> | ||
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