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[[File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci_(1893).jpg|thumb|right|300px|She's just testing him…]] | [[File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci_(1893).jpg|thumb|right|300px|She's just testing him…]] | ||
'''Romance''' is a particular kind of male [[courtship]] display with emphasis on [[beauty#Beautiful_behavior|beautiful behavior]] which evolved by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway sexual selection]]. This kind of courtship amounts to the sophisticated art of ''concealing'' the mundane transactional nature of human sexual [[relationship]]s, especially on part of the female (as evidenced by their much more quickly fading sexual interest<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_rapidly_lose_interest_in_sex_once_in_a_stable_relationship_or_living_with_a_man</ref>). As courtship behavior, romance | '''Romance''' is a particular kind of male [[courtship]] display with emphasis on [[beauty#Beautiful_behavior|beautiful behavior]] which evolved by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway sexual selection]]. This kind of courtship amounts to the sophisticated art of ''concealing'' the mundane transactional nature of human sexual [[relationship]]s, especially on part of the female (as evidenced by their much more quickly fading sexual interest<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_rapidly_lose_interest_in_sex_once_in_a_stable_relationship_or_living_with_a_man</ref>). As a courtship behavior, romance has the biological purpose of displaying the quality of the man's genes and acts as [[costly signalling]] of his ability and willingness to his [[hypergamy|invest resources]] in the woman and future offspring. | ||
The existence of romantic investment on part of the ''female'' is one of the most widespread obvious lies in human history. The closest female behavior is pair bonding, a promise of sexual exclusivity to meet men's desire for [[paternity assurance|assured paternity]]. This is likely driven by a fear (on behalf of the women) they will be abandoned or starve, being themselves incapable of survival in the ancestral human environment. | The existence of romantic investment on part of the ''female'' is one of the most widespread obvious lies in human history. The closest female behavior is pair bonding, a promise of sexual exclusivity to meet men's desire for [[paternity assurance|assured paternity]]. This is likely driven by a fear (on behalf of the women) they will be abandoned or starve, being themselves incapable of survival in the ancestral human environment. | ||