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==Homophobia== | ==Homophobia== | ||
Homophobia is the fear of being socially excluded for being regarded as gay, i.e. the fear that other men will destroy one's reputation of one's willingness and ability to compete for women. A variety of not necessarily contradictory evolutionary hypotheses for homophobia have been proposed | Homophobia is the fear of being socially excluded for being regarded as gay, i.e. the fear that other men will destroy one's reputation of one's willingness and ability to compete for women. A variety of not necessarily contradictory evolutionary hypotheses for homophobia have been proposed as summarized below. | ||
Again, one can categorize slow and fast life history adaptations, e.g. ruthless male competition as a fast life history adaptation and adaptation regulating cooperation effectiveness as a slow life history adaptation. | |||
=== Ineffective male coalitions === | === Ineffective male coalitions === | ||