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→Mental disorders significantly reduce men's fertility, substantially more than they do for women
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The researchers concluded that schizophrenia and autism were therefore under purifying selection (being "bred out", basically) in modern Western societies, with the continuing high prevalence of these conditions, possibly being maintained through new mutations (possibly due to increased paternal age). The researchers stated that it has been been supported by prior research (MacCabe et al., 2009), that the sufferers of these conditions lower fertility is likely largely due to the those that have these mental conditions being less able to find a partner to marry/have children with, and this dynamic is stronger among males who suffer from mental illness, as compared to female sufferers. | The researchers concluded that schizophrenia and autism were therefore under purifying selection (being "bred out", basically) in modern Western societies, with the continuing high prevalence of these conditions, possibly being maintained through new mutations (possibly due to increased paternal age). The researchers stated that it has been been supported by prior research (MacCabe et al., 2009), that the sufferers of these conditions lower fertility is likely largely due to the those that have these mental conditions being less able to find a partner to marry/have children with, and this dynamic is stronger among males who suffer from mental illness, as compared to female sufferers. | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | |||
There is [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/14/thousands-of-autistic-girls-and-women-going-undiagnosed-due-to-gender-bias evidence] that many autistic women go underdiagnosed, which presumably mainly affects women with a relatively mild autism such that they have higher reproductive success. This should imply that overall autistic women may have an ''even'' higher reproductive success than autistic men. Autism is hence much more propagated in the gene pool by women than by men. Further, it could mean that [[Females are socially inept| women, not men are overall more autistic]], but that it goes unnoticed because less is expected of women, and men's standards are lower. An awkward woman may also be perceived as [[neoteny|neotenous]] by men as awkwardness is a childish trait, but neoteny is sexually attractive to men as men like to monopolize women at child age to [[paternity assurance|ensure paternity]]. Socially awkward women may also seem like particularly "easy prey" for men ([[Juggernaut law]]). | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Figures:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Figures:'''</span> | ||