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== Possible evolutionary basis == | == Possible evolutionary basis == | ||
As a result of their greater [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], women have evolved to be [[sex drive|choosy and passive maters]]. In addition to that, there are more fertile men than there are women in their prime fertility years, plus men seek to monopolize women early on to be [[paternity assurance|certain about their paternity]]. For these reasons, women, especially young women are naturally the highest goal men compete for and hence there is a natural tendency for women to be treated special and to be put on a pedestal. The extent to which this is actually done is however, largely determined by culture. For example, many religions regard women as [[female subordination|inferior and hide them]] from the public, possibly largely also as a means of [[paternity assurance]]. | As a result of their greater [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], women have evolved to be [[sex drive|choosy and passive maters]]. In addition to that, there are more fertile men than there are women in their prime fertility years, plus men seek to monopolize women early on to be [[paternity assurance|certain about their paternity]]. For these reasons, women, especially young women are naturally the highest goal men compete for and hence there is a natural tendency for women to be treated special and to be put on a pedestal. | ||
The amount of resources men provide is also quite extreme compared to most animals and unique among primates, with men providing twice as much calories in hunter-gatherers than women and exclusively providing the more nutrient dense meat from hunting, which men used to get mating opportunities and invest into offspring and their mate ever since.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513810000279</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#In_hunter-gatherers.2C_men_use_meat_to_obtain_mating_opportunities_and_to_invest_in_mates_and_offspring</ref> The importance of resources to women is apparent even in egalitarian societies such as the Ache and the Sharanahua, where the best hunters are able to attract the most sexual partners.<ref>https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bbf7/77fbe21100d32ebd55a41b65de7151628235.pdf (Cashdan 1996)</ref> | |||
For these reasons, most men may naturally have a drive and willingness to care for women, much like they care for children. This drive could also explain why sex-favoritism has emerged in various cultures. | |||
The extent to which this is actually done is however, is largely determined by culture. For example, many religions regard women as [[female subordination|inferior and hide them]] from the public, possibly largely also as a means of [[paternity assurance]]. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||