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A fast-life history adaptation resulting in male androphilia may be the [[sneaker male]] hypothesis, which states that homosexuality allows to sneakily approach females by pretending to show no sexual interest, evading [[intrasexual competition]] and larger males, to then potentially even engage in [[mate poaching]]. Evidence for this to be a viable [[reproductive strategy]] is that women report to find gay males more trustworthy than other males.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886921001021</ref> This is a fast life history adaptation because human bonds not negotiated withing a larger social context and marriage are unlikely to be stable and allow for long-term investment into the offspring. | A fast-life history adaptation resulting in male androphilia may be the [[sneaker male]] hypothesis, which states that homosexuality allows to sneakily approach females by pretending to show no sexual interest, evading [[intrasexual competition]] and larger males, to then potentially even engage in [[mate poaching]]. Evidence for this to be a viable [[reproductive strategy]] is that women report to find gay males more trustworthy than other males.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886921001021</ref> This is a fast life history adaptation because human bonds not negotiated withing a larger social context and marriage are unlikely to be stable and allow for long-term investment into the offspring. | ||
Another fast-life strategy is indiscriminate mating. By mounting partners of either sex rather than only the one that can conceive may be correlated with reproductive success strongly enough that such sexual attraction to either sex becomes adaptive.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347216000087</ref> Such a strategy is unlikely to involve long-term bonding or parental investment because then men would waste a lot of time and resources with same-sex partners before finding the one that can conceive. | |||
Fast life history behavior is also marked by a more primitive mode of competition e.g. through physical dominance, intimidation and [[dark triad|dark personality traits]]. | Fast life history behavior is also marked by a more primitive mode of competition e.g. through physical dominance, intimidation and [[dark triad|dark personality traits]]. | ||
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*'''Feminization advantage for female relatives''': Homosexuals presumably being more feminine may confer an increased fecundity in the females related to the homosexual (feminine) genes from (related to selection-mutation balance). | *'''Feminization advantage for female relatives''': Homosexuals presumably being more feminine may confer an increased fecundity in the females related to the homosexual (feminine) genes from (related to selection-mutation balance). | ||
*'''Selection-mutation balance''': [[Mutation]]s occur naturally. Hence some number of males are expected to express androphilia, but sexual selection will rule out mutations over time as best as it can, but it cannot be ruled entirely as mutations are unpredictable and some amount of mutation is useful to adapt to environmental changes and outcompete other species, hence a balance between mutation and selection is maintained. | *'''Selection-mutation balance''': [[Mutation]]s occur naturally. Hence some number of males are expected to express androphilia, but sexual selection will rule out mutations over time as best as it can, but it cannot be ruled entirely as mutations are unpredictable and some amount of mutation is useful to adapt to environmental changes and outcompete other species, hence a balance between mutation and selection is maintained. | ||
*'''Developmental disturbances''': Related to the previous point, homosexuality may be caused by environmental disturbances, which may act in the same or similar ways as genetic mutations, causing some males to express androphilia.<ref>https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_theory_of_homosexuality</ref> | *'''Developmental disturbances''': Related to the previous point, homosexuality may be caused by environmental disturbances, which may act in the same or similar ways as genetic mutations, causing some males to express androphilia.<ref>https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_theory_of_homosexuality</ref> | ||