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== Women are choosy == | == Women are choosy == | ||
[[File:Messages OkCupid.png|right|thumb|400x400px|On OkCupid, women receive 8 times as many messages per week as men even though the sex ratio is even and men in online dating are not uglier than elsewhere (Rudder, 2014). [[Scientific Blackpill#Women_rate_80.25_of_men_as_.22below_average.22.2C_while_men_rate_women_on_a_bell_curve|More information]].]] | [[File:Messages OkCupid.png|right|thumb|400x400px|On OkCupid, women receive 8 times as many messages per week as men even though the sex ratio is even and men in online dating are not uglier than elsewhere (Rudder, 2014). [[Scientific Blackpill#Women_rate_80.25_of_men_as_.22below_average.22.2C_while_men_rate_women_on_a_bell_curve|More information]].]] | ||
'''Choosiness and passivity''' | '''Choosiness and passivity''' | ||
{{main_articles|[[Sex drive#Initiation_and_female_passivity|Female passivity]], [[courtship]] and [[hypergamy]]}} | |||
By virtue of a having a womb, women have more [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], so they evolved to be more choosy maters. | By virtue of a having a womb, women have more [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], so they evolved to be more choosy maters. |