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'''Bodyguard hypothesis''' suggests that women choose to pair bond with [[Chad|the most dominant man]] available to them in order to be protected from other contending males, especially sexually coercive ones. | '''Bodyguard hypothesis''' suggests that women choose to pair bond with [[Chad|the most dominant man]] available to them in order to be protected from other contending males, especially sexually coercive ones. | ||
Women arguably used to need this protection because all men are stronger than almost all women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Almost_all_men_are_stronger_than_almost_all_women</ref> | Women arguably used to need this protection because all men are stronger than almost all women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Almost_all_men_are_stronger_than_almost_all_women</ref> | ||
The bodyguard hypothesis applies in particular to unpredictable, [[life history|fast-life]] ecologies with a high prevalence of highly sexually active, [[promiscuity|promiscous]] men, and thus may primarily apply to fast-life strategic women, though other women may still exhibit related vestigial behavioral adaptations. | |||
[[Dominance hierarchy|Dominance]] in this case may even refer to non-violent social power determined by e.g. [[hypergamy|wealth]], [[social skills|social competence]] and [[looks]], but in non-human animals it is more about mere physical power.<ref>Wrangham, R. W. 1979. On the evolution of ape social systems. Social Science Information 18:334-368.</ref><ref>Packer, C., and A. E. Pusey. 1983. Adaptations of female lions to infanticide by incoming males. American Naturalist 121:716-728.</ref> | [[Dominance hierarchy|Dominance]] in this case may even refer to non-violent social power determined by e.g. [[hypergamy|wealth]], [[social skills|social competence]] and [[looks]], but in non-human animals it is more about mere physical power.<ref>Wrangham, R. W. 1979. On the evolution of ape social systems. Social Science Information 18:334-368.</ref><ref>Packer, C., and A. E. Pusey. 1983. Adaptations of female lions to infanticide by incoming males. American Naturalist 121:716-728.</ref> | ||