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== Hypergamy == | == Hypergamy == | ||
Bodyguard hypothesis may predict that women tend to date up, especially when the most dominant males engage in [[polygyny]] and hence hoard a substantial fraction of the females. | Bodyguard hypothesis may predict that women tend to date up, especially when the most dominant males engage in [[polygyny]] and hence hoard a substantial fraction of the females as it is the case in the human species. | ||
Some suggested that women's choice does not matter much, and women rather get chosen by contest competition among males. Counter-evidence to this is e.g. that career women often refuse to date down and rather remain single if they cannot find a more socially dominant partner (see [[hypergamy]]). Many women also experience rape fantasies, which points to a desire to be dominated. Both of these aspect point to a preference for a partner that is at least as dominant as the woman herself. Women also more often than men report social status as an important mate preference. | Some suggested that women's choice does not matter much, and women rather get chosen by contest competition among males. Counter-evidence to this is e.g. that career women often refuse to date down and rather remain single if they cannot find a more socially dominant partner (see [[hypergamy]]). Many women also experience rape fantasies, which points to a desire to be dominated. Both of these aspect point to a preference for a partner that is at least as dominant as the woman herself. Women also more often than men report social status as an important mate preference. | ||