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* In a polygamous setting, male reproductive success is optimized by having mated with multiple females, but female's reproductive success is reduced as the man distributes his [[sex drive]] among multiple women.<ref name="polygamy">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.10045</ref><ref>https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/19/2/456/214088</ref> This may be offset by higher quality offspring though, or simply better looking ones as discussed in the previous point. Various studies demonstrate that females are able to detect “attractive” males by secondary sexual characteristics such as ornamentation (i.e. good looks).<ref name="polygamy"></ref> | * In a polygamous setting, male reproductive success is optimized by having mated with multiple females, but female's reproductive success is reduced as the man distributes his [[sex drive]] among multiple women.<ref name="polygamy">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.10045</ref><ref>https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/19/2/456/214088</ref> This may be offset by higher quality offspring though, or simply better looking ones as discussed in the previous point. Various studies demonstrate that females are able to detect “attractive” males by secondary sexual characteristics such as ornamentation (i.e. good looks).<ref name="polygamy"></ref> | ||
* Women can also conspicuously display their secondary sexual characteristics which have possibly evolved from [[Fisherian runaway|positive feedback]] in [[sexual selection]]. Thereby women can hope to acquire a higher quality man. This is why most women crave sexual attention. Men however, dislike when their partner whores for attention because it increases the risk of being cuckolded. But not just men dislike it. Historically, marriages were predominantly arranged and marriage was a question of passing on family wealth, hence the entire family had an interest for women to be faithful to avoid spending their resources on some other man's offspring. This is likely one reason why women have been heavily controlled and sequestered away in many cultures, not only by the men, but also the man's parents.<ref>https://quillette.com/2018/11/25/on-the-nature-of-patriarchy/</ref><ref>http://www.femininebeauty.info/suppression.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051381730363X</ref> So there is a sexual conflict between entire families and women conspicuously advertising themselves. | * Women can also conspicuously display their secondary sexual characteristics which have possibly evolved from [[Fisherian runaway|positive feedback]] in [[sexual selection]]. Thereby women can hope to acquire a higher quality man. This is why most women crave sexual attention. Men however, dislike when their partner whores for attention because it increases the risk of being cuckolded. But not just men dislike it. Historically, marriages were predominantly arranged and marriage was a question of passing on family wealth, hence the entire family had an interest for women to be faithful to avoid spending their resources on some other man's offspring. This is likely one reason why women have been heavily controlled and sequestered away in many cultures, not only by the men, but also the man's parents.<ref>https://quillette.com/2018/11/25/on-the-nature-of-patriarchy/</ref><ref>http://www.femininebeauty.info/suppression.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051381730363X</ref> So there is a sexual conflict between entire families and women conspicuously advertising themselves. | ||
* The [[feminine imperative]] is a collection of adaptations that emerged from women to maximizing their fitness, often at the cost of men's fitness, e.g. single mothers demanding to be cared for by tax money, decreasing men's accumulation of wealth to impress women. | * The [[feminine imperative]] is a collection of adaptations that emerged from women to maximizing their fitness, often at the cost of men's fitness, e.g. single mothers who are single because they got [[pump and dump|pumped and dumped]] by [[Chad]], demanding to be cared for by tax money, thereby decreasing men's accumulation of wealth which men need to impress women, and thereby decrease men's fitness. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||