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Another explanation may be that hypergamy comes from women preferring the most powerful man available to them. Being physically weak and largely devoid of social power as a result of greater [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], women need to secure the most powerful male possible for their relationship and offspring to be protected from contending males ([[bodyguard hypothesis]]).<ref>https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-5985-6_21</ref> Provided that women have on average more suitors than men, this implies an overall tendency for women to date up, especially when the most powerful/dominant men engage in polygyny or ''de facto'' polygyny such as serial monogamy (remarrying often), thus effectively hoarding a substantial share of females. | Another explanation may be that hypergamy comes from women preferring the most powerful man available to them. Being physically weak and largely devoid of social power as a result of greater [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], women need to secure the most powerful male possible for their relationship and offspring to be protected from contending males ([[bodyguard hypothesis]]).<ref>https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-5985-6_21</ref> Provided that women have on average more suitors than men, this implies an overall tendency for women to date up, especially when the most powerful/dominant men engage in polygyny or ''de facto'' polygyny such as serial monogamy (remarrying often), thus effectively hoarding a substantial share of females. | ||
Humans are in fact a moderately polygynous species,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy</ref> | |||
which is believed to be associated with a number of social ills such as demotivated males | which is believed to be associated with a number of social ills such as demotivated beta males potentially leading to a [[beta uprising]]. | ||
Monogamy may be so common in modern societies because it serves as an egalitarian antidote to hypergamy and related social ills.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Monogamy_may_have_been_selected_by_cultural_evolution_because_of_its_benefits_for_society</ref> | |||
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