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Courtship among humans is special due to the disproportionally large amount of resources that males provide, which is, in fact, unique among primates and also extreme compared to animals overall (see [[hypergamy]]). For this reason, human males not only engage in display of their ornament, but also their wealth, e.g. by buying an expensive ring. | Courtship among humans is special due to the disproportionally large amount of resources that males provide, which is, in fact, unique among primates and also extreme compared to animals overall (see [[hypergamy]]). For this reason, human males not only engage in display of their ornament, but also their wealth, e.g. by buying an expensive ring. | ||
== Expensiveness of courtship == | |||
By withholding sex, women can exploit men's sexual frustration to get more investment, commitment, and more expensive (e.g. [[romance|romantic]]) courtship display. The more the man invests in a woman, the more valuable she will appear,<ref name="ethology"></ref> as a result of the sunk cost fallacy.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpnxd31y0Fo</ref> By playing coy, downplaying their attraction and deferring sex, women can hence trick men into more commitment and reliable resource provision. | |||
== Ornament == | == Ornament == | ||
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Geoffrey Miller suggested that human intelligence and social behavior has also been selected by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]] and is merely "cognitive ornament", with males eliciting super stimuli in women in order to be selected, e.g. by humor and artistic performances.<ref>https://ontherapyaspse.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/geoffrey-miller-the-mating-mind.pdf</ref> For example, instrument building has been a near exclusively male activity across cultures.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> Though this notion conflicts with data mentioned above that neither IQ nor extroversion, but only looks matter during initial romantic interest, so only very superficial behaviors may have (in part) been selected this way. There is negative evidence regarding mate preferences for high intelligence (see [[IQ]]). | Geoffrey Miller suggested that human intelligence and social behavior has also been selected by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]] and is merely "cognitive ornament", with males eliciting super stimuli in women in order to be selected, e.g. by humor and artistic performances.<ref>https://ontherapyaspse.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/geoffrey-miller-the-mating-mind.pdf</ref> For example, instrument building has been a near exclusively male activity across cultures.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> Though this notion conflicts with data mentioned above that neither IQ nor extroversion, but only looks matter during initial romantic interest, so only very superficial behaviors may have (in part) been selected this way. There is negative evidence regarding mate preferences for high intelligence (see [[IQ]]). | ||
== Direct courtship vs arranged mating == | == Direct courtship vs arranged mating == | ||