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→Among university students, only physical dominance over other men predicted mating success
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The authors interpreted their results as evidence that women's choice plays a surprisingly minor role, but another possibility is that women's choice is more based on dominance status than women would like to admit ([[virtue signaling]], social desirability bias). | The authors interpreted their results as evidence that women's choice plays a surprisingly minor role, but another possibility is that women's choice is more based on dominance status than women would like to admit ([[virtue signaling]], social desirability bias). | ||
Overall, this study supports the notion that due to the decline of tradition in Western countries, mating has reverted from more [[life history|k-strategies]] that involve sophisticated [[courtship]] in terms of impressing not just the female, but gaining competence status in some communal structures, to mere physical intimidation games, which may in part explain the | Overall, this study supports the notion that due to the decline of tradition in Western countries, mating has reverted from more [[life history|k-strategies]] that involve sophisticated [[courtship]] in terms of impressing not just the female, but gaining competence status in some communal structures, to mere physical intimidation games, which may in part explain the ever growing interest in body building and [[#36.4.25_of_US_male_online_daters_are_now_resorting_to_anabolic_steroids_.26_bulimia_to_compete|anabolic steroids]], presumably resembling more the mating practices of our more r-selected ancestors, and also reviving ancient, feral and hypergamous circuitry in women. | ||
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