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=== Bravery and stoicism ===
=== Bravery and stoicism ===


Bravery and war heroism appear to be male-specific dominance signals.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000239</ref> Also [[stoicism]], i.e. the downplaying of hardship and disease is a way to maintain dominance, and women have plausibly selected men to have this trait, as men who showed weakness were more likely discarded by them.<ref>S G Brown. 2018. ''Female choice and male stoicism.'' [[https://www.ashdin.com/articles/female-choice-and-male-stoicism.pdf Abstract]]</ref>
Bravery and war heroism appear to be male-specific dominance signals.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000239</ref> Also [[stoicism]], i.e. the downplaying of hardship and disease is a way to maintain dominance, and women have possibly selected men to have this trait, as men who showed weakness were more likely discarded by them.<ref>S G Brown. 2018. ''Female choice and male stoicism.'' [[https://www.ashdin.com/articles/female-choice-and-male-stoicism.pdf Abstract]]</ref>


=== Desperation and trying hard ===  
=== Desperation and trying hard ===  
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