Trusted, Automoderated users
17,538
edits
Scientific Blackpill: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Personality
| Line 59: | Line 59: | ||
This preference possibly has a basis in evolutionary biology as low empathy and cruelty may have helped outcompeting other men, or even killing others for access to resources (Kruger & Fitzgerald 2011), hence psychopathy in men and women's attraction to it may have co-evolved as a [[Reproductive success|reproductive strategy]] (Gervais 2018). | This preference possibly has a basis in evolutionary biology as low empathy and cruelty may have helped outcompeting other men, or even killing others for access to resources (Kruger & Fitzgerald 2011), hence psychopathy in men and women's attraction to it may have co-evolved as a [[Reproductive success|reproductive strategy]] (Gervais 2018). | ||
Another possible explanation is that [[violence|violent]], callous and narcissistic behaviors are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theory honest i.e. hard-to-fake signals] of high [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] which is determined, among other things, by [[SMV|good looks, financial capital]] and cues of physical strength. | Another possible explanation is that [[violence|violent]], callous and narcissistic behaviors are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theory honest i.e. hard-to-fake signals] of high [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] which is determined, among [[dominance hierarchy|other things]], by [[SMV|good looks, financial capital]] and cues of physical strength. | ||
A high status man can "get away" with occasionally behaving in anti-social manner. | A high status man can "get away" with occasionally behaving in anti-social manner. | ||
Men may have also been selected to try to mimic such dominance signals, favoring men who more likely callously use threats of force (Puts 2015). | Men may have also been selected to try to mimic such dominance signals, favoring men who more likely callously use threats of force (Puts 2015). | ||
Being physically weaker, women are thought to choose the most dominant man available to them, in order to be protected from contenders ( | Being physically weaker, women are thought to choose the most dominant man available to them, in order to be protected from contenders ([[bodyguard hypothesis]]; Wilson & Mesnick, 1997) and to get access to high quality foods (Geary 2004). | ||
Not all men are psychopathic, presumably because prosocial competence is important too for navigating social hierarchies and managing resource extraction, so it is plausible men have evolved diverse strategies of status ascension (''prestige'' vs ''dominance strategy''; Kruger 2015, Gervais 2018). | Not all men are psychopathic, presumably because prosocial competence is important too for navigating social hierarchies and managing [[Scientific Blackpill (Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men|resource extraction]], so it is plausible men have evolved diverse strategies of [[statusmaxxing|status ascension]] (''prestige'' vs ''dominance strategy''; Kruger 2015, Gervais 2018). | ||
Women's preference for psychopathic men may also be related to [[Scientific Blackpill#62.25_of_women_have_fantasies_about_rape_and_other_forced_sex_acts|rape fantasies]]. After all, it requires low empathy to rape someone. | Women's preference for psychopathic men may also be related to [[Scientific Blackpill#62.25_of_women_have_fantasies_about_rape_and_other_forced_sex_acts|rape fantasies]]. After all, it requires low empathy to rape someone. | ||
Eilb-Eibesfeldt (1989) identified a dominance-vs-submission dynamic in human sexuality that can be traced back to some of our oldest ancestor species, e.g. lizards, with females submitting themselves to dominant males. | Eilb-Eibesfeldt (1989) identified a [[female subordination and submission|dominance-vs-submission]] dynamic in human sexuality that can be traced back to some of our oldest ancestor species, e.g. lizards, with females submitting themselves to dominant males. | ||
Seffrin (2016) summarized: | Seffrin (2016) summarized: | ||