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The ''sexy son hypothesis'' was proposed by Weatherhead & Robertson in 1979 and considers the consequence of runaway selection for female mate choice.<ref>Weatherhead PJ, Robertson RJ. 1979. ''Offspring quality and the polygyny threshold: 'the sexy son hypothesis''' The American Naturalist. Volume 113. Issue = 2. Pages 201–208 [[https://doi.org/10.1086/283379 Abstract]]</ref> | The ''sexy son hypothesis'' was proposed by Weatherhead & Robertson in 1979 and considers the consequence of runaway selection for female mate choice.<ref>Weatherhead PJ, Robertson RJ. 1979. ''Offspring quality and the polygyny threshold: 'the sexy son hypothesis''' The American Naturalist. Volume 113. Issue = 2. Pages 201–208 [[https://doi.org/10.1086/283379 Abstract]]</ref> | ||
It simply states that the positive feedback loop can make women so attracted to a man's ornament that women | It simply states that the positive feedback loop can make women so attracted to a man's ornament that women won't be as | ||
[[sex drive#Female_passivity|coy]] if the man is good looking and sexy, because the potentially better looking offspring will make up for any potential deficits e.g. regarding morality or paternal investment.<ref>https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/19/2/456/214088</ref> This is particularly staggering in women, otherwise coy, engaging in casual sex with men way above their league (i.e. getting [[pump and dump|pumped and dumped]]), then resulting in [[single mother]]s and the [[betabuxx]] phenomenon. | |||
Since women heavily depended on men's provision throughout human history,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> only a [[Chad|tiny percentage]] of men are good looking enough to make up for other potential flaws and hence can skip women's typical coy waiting time.<ref name="menlike">https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men_like_61.9.25_of_female_profiles.2C_women_like_only_4.5.25_of_male_profiles</ref> | Since women heavily depended on men's provision throughout human history,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> only a [[Chad|tiny percentage]] of men are good looking enough to make up for other potential flaws and hence can skip women's typical coy waiting time.<ref name="menlike">https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men_like_61.9.25_of_female_profiles.2C_women_like_only_4.5.25_of_male_profiles</ref> | ||