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The '''Good genes hypothesis''' is the belief that the choosy sex in a species sexually selects those with genes most beneficial to long term survival of the species. [[Blackpiller]]s often promote this view of humans, moreso than the [[fisherian runaway|belief that female choice has become maladaptive]], usually by calling incels [[subhuman]] or genetically inferior because of being rejected by women. And then rejecting arguments to the contrary as [[cope]]. This is further evidenced by blackpiller advocation for suicide for incels, eugenics, or social Darwinism. | The '''Good genes hypothesis''' is the belief that the choosy sex in a species sexually selects those with genes most beneficial to long term survival of the species. [[Blackpiller]]s often promote this view of humans, moreso than the [[fisherian runaway|belief that female choice has become maladaptive]], usually by calling incels [[subhuman]] or genetically inferior because of being rejected by women. And then rejecting arguments to the contrary as [[cope]]. This is further evidenced by blackpiller advocation for suicide for incels, eugenics, or social Darwinism. | ||
== | == Good geners vs Fisherians == | ||
Some, but not all, feminists also promote the good genes hypothesis by insinuating that sexual selection outside of patriarchy is a moral and rational sorter of good and bad genes. | {{main_article|[[Fisherian runaway]]}} | ||
A common alternative explanation for how animals select mates is that it is mainly about attractive ornament to pass on to the offspringm rather selecting traits that indicate high survival value. This phenomenon is explained by [[Fisherian runaway]] which is thought to explain the phenotypes of many higher species, including fish, birds and various mammals, e.g. the peacock tail has no obvious advantage for survival, suggesting that it only exists to impress the opposite sex. Fisherian runaway that both the trait and the preference for the trait become exaggerated over time in exponential fashion. | |||
Good geners think that sexual selection is [[eugenics|eugenic]], i.e. that it increases population viability over time, whereas Fisherians think sexual selection has a neutral or even detrimental effect on population viability, e.g. when the ornament grows to be very conspicuous and cumbersome like the peacock tail, or when the choosiness for Fisherian traits becomes so strong that more desirable traits for population viability are neglected. | |||
Even though there is a lot of rivalry between good geners and Fisherians, these explanations are not mutually exclusive and may shape animal's appearance together. | |||
== Contemporary good geners == | |||
Besides blackpillers, the good genes hypothesis is also promoted by e.g. Canadian professor [[Jordan Peterson]] as well as by modern (but not traditional) eugenicists and racialists such as [[Edward Dutton]]. | |||
They claim, for example, that females prefer symmetrical faces because symmetry is an honest signal of developmental stability, low mutational load and hence overall genetic [[fitness]]. | |||
Developmental stability is thought to be necessary for overall health. This should predict that symmetry and health are correlated in the overall population. However, several studies did not find such a link: | |||
{{quote|Contrary to the hypothesis that symmetry cues health, the largest study of facial asymmetry and health to date found no relationship between these variables. Researchers used data from a British cohort study of 4732 individuals and found that facial symmetry at age 15 was unrelated to longitudinal measures of childhood health, including measures of the proportion of childhood years spent unwell, average number of illness symptoms per year, and total number of infections.<ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.2015.0380</ref>}} | |||
Even though facial attractiveness is correlated with health (see [[beaut#Correlations|beauty]], and even though bad genes may be visible in extreme cases such as disfigurement, certain genetic conditions, the link appears to be very weak. | |||
Good geners tend to contradict themselves though by also implying that incels are overlooked irrationally by women, suggesting they may think some of their 'solutions' to their racial demographic concerns such as 'enforced monogamy' might be dysgenic if applied universally instead of selectively. | |||
Some, but not all, feminists also promote the good genes hypothesis by insinuating that sexual selection outside of patriarchy is a moral and rational sorter of good and bad genes.{{citation needed}} Feminists more often take issue with Darwin in general though,<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/woman-who-tried-take-down-darwin-180967146/</ref> so these overtures are infrequent and often passively expressed in arguments, if at all. | |||
A minority of journalists, such as [[Brian Clarey]] signal explicit belief in the good genes hypothesis. | A minority of journalists, such as [[Brian Clarey]] signal explicit belief in the good genes hypothesis. | ||
== Homocel hypothesis == | == Homocel hypothesis == | ||
The prevalence of outright [[Chad]] worship among some [[blackpill]]ed incels appears to have a homoerotic undertone, reminding of the [[homocel hypothesis]]. Chad worship may ultimately be driven by a desire to get [[homosexuality|sodomized]] by Chad after telling him how great his genes are in order to get some crumbs in return. | The prevalence of outright [[Chad]] worship among some [[blackpill]]ed incels appears to have a homoerotic undertone, reminding of the [[homocel hypothesis]]. Chad worship may ultimately be driven by a desire to get [[homosexuality|sodomized]] by Chad after telling him how great his genes are in order to get some crumbs in return. | ||
==References== | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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